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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 305 · 40 questions
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Remember (Who and what for?): Telephone – Alexander Graham Bell, first aeroplane – the Wright brothers, printing press – Johannes Gutenberg, raised-dot writing – Louis Braille. Smallpox vaccine – Edward Jenner, penicillin – Alexander Fleming, stethoscope – René Laennec, electric battery – Alessandro Volta, X-rays – Wilhelm Röntgen. Uses: telephone – talk far away, thermometer – body temperature, compass – directions, telescope – faraway stars, microscope – tiny germs.

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  1. 1.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) X-rays (b) the electric battery (c) the printing press (d) the smallpox vaccine
  2. 2.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) stethoscope (b) calculator (c) telescope (d) telephone
  3. 3.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) telephone (b) stethoscope (c) clock (d) compass
  4. 4.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) René Laennec (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Edward Jenner
  5. 5.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the stethoscope (d) penicillin
  6. 6.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) measure body temperature (c) find directions (d) print many books
  10. 10.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Edward Jenner (b) the Wright brothers (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  11. 11.What does a compass help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) find directions (c) print many books (d) do sums quickly
  12. 12.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) stethoscope (b) telephone (c) microscope (d) clock
  13. 13.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the stethoscope (c) the telephone (d) penicillin
  16. 16.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) René Laennec (b) Louis Braille (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  18. 18.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Alexander Fleming (c) René Laennec (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  19. 19.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) penicillin (c) the telephone (d) the printing press
  20. 20.True or false: a compass helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Edward Jenner (b) René Laennec (c) Louis Braille (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  24. 24.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Alexander Fleming (d) the Wright brothers
  25. 25.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the telephone (c) raised-dot writing (d) X-rays
  26. 26.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) calculator (b) compass (c) thermometer (d) stethoscope
  27. 27.What does a printing press help us do? (a) print many books (b) see faraway stars (c) hear the heartbeat (d) measure body temperature
  28. 28.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) X-rays (c) raised-dot writing (d) the printing press
  29. 29.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) find directions (c) see faraway stars (d) measure body temperature
  30. 30.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) René Laennec (c) the Wright brothers (d) Edward Jenner
  31. 31.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) microscope (b) telephone (c) clock (d) telescope
  32. 32.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: a telephone helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the printing press (b) the stethoscope (c) the first aeroplane (d) penicillin
  37. 37.What does a calculator help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) see faraway stars (c) do sums quickly (d) measure body temperature
  38. 38.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) X-rays (c) the telephone (d) the printing press
  40. 40.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) telephone (b) compass (c) telescope (d) stethoscope

Answer key

  1. the smallpox vaccine
  2. calculator
  3. telephone
  4. Johannes Gutenberg
  5. the electric battery
  6. False
  7. True
  8. True
  9. hear the heartbeat
  10. Alessandro Volta
  11. find directions
  12. clock
  13. True
  14. True
  15. the telephone
  16. False
  17. Alexander Graham Bell
  18. René Laennec
  19. the printing press
  20. False
  21. True
  22. False
  23. Edward Jenner
  24. Alexander Fleming
  25. the first aeroplane
  26. compass
  27. print many books
  28. raised-dot writing
  29. measure body temperature
  30. the Wright brothers
  31. microscope
  32. True
  33. True
  34. True
  35. False
  36. the stethoscope
  37. do sums quickly
  38. True
  39. X-rays
  40. telescope

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