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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

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

Answer key

  1. penicillin
  2. thermometer
  3. True
  4. see faraway stars
  5. False
  6. the first aeroplane
  7. False
  8. do sums quickly
  9. the printing press
  10. Alessandro Volta
  11. tell the time
  12. Alexander Fleming
  13. False
  14. Johannes Gutenberg
  15. René Laennec
  16. False
  17. the electric battery
  18. False
  19. False
  20. True
  21. hear the heartbeat
  22. True
  23. the stethoscope
  24. telescope
  25. True
  26. stethoscope
  27. Edward Jenner
  28. the telephone
  29. False
  30. True
  31. microscope
  32. False
  33. clock
  34. talk to people far away
  35. see tiny germs
  36. False
  37. False
  38. True
  39. False
  40. False

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