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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 382 · 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 does a thermometer help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) do sums quickly (c) measure body temperature (d) talk to people far away
  2. 2.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) penicillin (b) the telephone (c) the first aeroplane (d) the printing press
  3. 3.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the printing press (c) the telephone (d) the electric battery
  4. 4.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the printing press (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the telephone
  5. 5.What does a clock help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) tell the time (c) print many books (d) see faraway stars
  6. 6.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) telephone (b) clock (c) printing press (d) microscope
  7. 7.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) X-rays (c) the first aeroplane (d) the electric battery
  8. 8.True or false: René Laennec gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: a stethoscope helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) printing press (b) telescope (c) stethoscope (d) compass
  13. 13.What does a compass help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) see faraway stars (c) measure body temperature (d) find directions
  14. 14.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) telescope (b) calculator (c) compass (d) clock
  16. 16.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) penicillin (b) raised-dot writing (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the stethoscope
  17. 17.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Louis Braille (d) the Wright brothers
  21. 21.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) stethoscope (b) telephone (c) telescope (d) calculator
  23. 23.What does a telephone help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) tell the time (c) talk to people far away (d) see tiny germs
  24. 24.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: a compass helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: a thermometer helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Louis Braille (d) the Wright brothers
  28. 28.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) the Wright brothers (c) René Laennec (d) Edward Jenner
  29. 29.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the telephone (b) the first aeroplane (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the printing press
  30. 30.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the stethoscope (d) raised-dot writing
  33. 33.True or false: a printing press helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Louis Braille (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Alexander Fleming (d) the Wright brothers
  35. 35.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) thermometer (b) clock (c) telephone (d) compass
  38. 38.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Alexander Fleming (c) the Wright brothers (d) Edward Jenner

Answer key

  1. measure body temperature
  2. penicillin
  3. the telephone
  4. the stethoscope
  5. tell the time
  6. printing press
  7. the electric battery
  8. False
  9. False
  10. False
  11. True
  12. telescope
  13. find directions
  14. False
  15. clock
  16. raised-dot writing
  17. True
  18. False
  19. True
  20. Edward Jenner
  21. False
  22. telephone
  23. talk to people far away
  24. False
  25. False
  26. False
  27. Louis Braille
  28. Alexander Graham Bell
  29. the smallpox vaccine
  30. False
  31. True
  32. the first aeroplane
  33. False
  34. Alexander Fleming
  35. True
  36. True
  37. compass
  38. True
  39. False
  40. the Wright brothers

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