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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 428 · 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 telephone help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) print many books (c) hear the heartbeat (d) talk to people far away
  2. 2.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the electric battery (d) penicillin
  3. 3.What does a clock help us do? (a) find directions (b) tell the time (c) do sums quickly (d) talk to people far away
  4. 4.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Edward Jenner (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  5. 5.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) telescope (b) telephone (c) stethoscope (d) calculator
  6. 6.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) penicillin (c) the telephone (d) the smallpox vaccine
  7. 7.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the telephone (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the printing press (d) the first aeroplane
  8. 8.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  9. 9.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the printing press (d) X-rays
  11. 11.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) see tiny germs (c) measure body temperature (d) do sums quickly
  12. 12.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the printing press (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the telephone (d) the electric battery
  13. 13.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) thermometer (b) clock (c) telephone (d) compass
  15. 15.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) penicillin (b) the printing press (c) the first aeroplane (d) raised-dot writing
  16. 16.True or false: René Laennec gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.What does a telescope help us do? (a) tell the time (b) hear the heartbeat (c) see tiny germs (d) see faraway stars
  19. 19.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) the Wright brothers (c) Edward Jenner (d) Louis Braille
  20. 20.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) telescope (b) calculator (c) telephone (d) thermometer
  21. 21.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) the Wright brothers (d) Edward Jenner
  22. 22.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) printing press (b) thermometer (c) microscope (d) calculator
  23. 23.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) penicillin (b) the first aeroplane (c) the printing press (d) raised-dot writing
  24. 24.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.What does a compass help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) find directions (c) do sums quickly (d) measure body temperature
  26. 26.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) compass (b) clock (c) microscope (d) telephone
  30. 30.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the printing press (d) the telephone
  31. 31.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: a telescope helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) stethoscope (b) thermometer (c) calculator (d) printing press
  35. 35.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) clock (b) compass (c) calculator (d) thermometer
  37. 37.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) tell the time (b) measure body temperature (c) find directions (d) do sums quickly
  38. 38.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Edward Jenner (b) René Laennec (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alessandro Volta
  40. 40.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the telephone (b) raised-dot writing (c) penicillin (d) X-rays

Answer key

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

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