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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 369 · 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) the printing press (b) the stethoscope (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the telephone
  2. 2.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) find directions (b) measure body temperature (c) talk to people far away (d) print many books
  4. 4.What does a compass help us do? (a) tell the time (b) find directions (c) see tiny germs (d) hear the heartbeat
  5. 5.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the printing press (c) the first aeroplane (d) the smallpox vaccine
  6. 6.What does a telephone help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) see tiny germs (c) measure body temperature (d) see faraway stars
  7. 7.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Edward Jenner (b) the Wright brothers (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  9. 9.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) clock (b) telescope (c) printing press (d) thermometer
  10. 10.What does a microscope help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) find directions (c) see faraway stars (d) print many books
  11. 11.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) microscope (b) telephone (c) thermometer (d) printing press
  13. 13.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) penicillin (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) raised-dot writing
  14. 14.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the printing press (c) X-rays (d) the telephone
  15. 15.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: a microscope helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: a calculator helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) the Wright brothers (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Alessandro Volta
  19. 19.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) the Wright brothers (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Louis Braille
  20. 20.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the first aeroplane (c) the printing press (d) raised-dot writing
  22. 22.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: a telescope helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) printing press (b) clock (c) stethoscope (d) thermometer
  25. 25.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Louis Braille (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  26. 26.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) René Laennec (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) the Wright brothers
  28. 28.True or false: a printing press helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: a printing press helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) raised-dot writing (c) the first aeroplane (d) the smallpox vaccine
  35. 35.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) X-rays (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the telephone
  36. 36.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) the Wright brothers (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  37. 37.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) printing press (b) telescope (c) microscope (d) calculator
  38. 38.True or false: a stethoscope helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Edward Jenner (b) the Wright brothers (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alexander Fleming
  40. 40.True or false: a printing press helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. the smallpox vaccine
  2. True
  3. measure body temperature
  4. find directions
  5. the printing press
  6. talk to people far away
  7. True
  8. Alessandro Volta
  9. clock
  10. see tiny germs
  11. True
  12. microscope
  13. raised-dot writing
  14. the telephone
  15. True
  16. False
  17. False
  18. the Wright brothers
  19. Alexander Graham Bell
  20. False
  21. the electric battery
  22. True
  23. True
  24. thermometer
  25. Alexander Fleming
  26. False
  27. René Laennec
  28. False
  29. True
  30. True
  31. True
  32. False
  33. False
  34. the first aeroplane
  35. X-rays
  36. Johannes Gutenberg
  37. printing press
  38. False
  39. Wilhelm Röntgen
  40. False

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