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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 429 · 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) talk to people far away (b) do sums quickly (c) see tiny germs (d) measure body temperature
  2. 2.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) penicillin (b) the printing press (c) the first aeroplane (d) X-rays
  3. 3.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  4. 4.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Alexander Fleming (d) René Laennec
  8. 8.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) clock (b) telescope (c) microscope (d) compass
  10. 10.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) microscope (b) compass (c) telescope (d) stethoscope
  11. 11.What does a calculator help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) tell the time (c) see tiny germs (d) do sums quickly
  12. 12.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the printing press (c) the electric battery (d) the first aeroplane
  14. 14.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Alexander Fleming (c) René Laennec (d) Louis Braille
  15. 15.What does a telescope help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) do sums quickly (c) talk to people far away (d) see faraway stars
  16. 16.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) thermometer (b) calculator (c) stethoscope (d) clock
  19. 19.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the telephone (b) raised-dot writing (c) the first aeroplane (d) the printing press
  20. 20.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the printing press (b) penicillin (c) X-rays (d) the telephone
  21. 21.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the electric battery (b) penicillin (c) the telephone (d) the first aeroplane
  22. 22.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the telephone (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) X-rays
  24. 24.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  26. 26.True or false: a telephone helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Edward Jenner
  29. 29.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Louis Braille (b) René Laennec (c) the Wright brothers (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  30. 30.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) penicillin (c) X-rays (d) the smallpox vaccine
  32. 32.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) calculator (b) printing press (c) compass (d) microscope
  33. 33.What does a telephone help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) print many books (c) talk to people far away (d) see tiny germs
  34. 34.True or false: a clock helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) thermometer (b) microscope (c) compass (d) calculator
  36. 36.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) compass (b) telephone (c) printing press (d) stethoscope
  38. 38.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) stethoscope (b) telescope (c) clock (d) telephone
  39. 39.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Louis Braille (b) Edward Jenner (c) the Wright brothers (d) René Laennec

Answer key

  1. measure body temperature
  2. X-rays
  3. Edward Jenner
  4. True
  5. True
  6. True
  7. Alexander Fleming
  8. True
  9. clock
  10. stethoscope
  11. do sums quickly
  12. True
  13. the electric battery
  14. René Laennec
  15. see faraway stars
  16. True
  17. False
  18. thermometer
  19. the first aeroplane
  20. the telephone
  21. penicillin
  22. True
  23. the stethoscope
  24. False
  25. Alessandro Volta
  26. False
  27. True
  28. Alexander Graham Bell
  29. the Wright brothers
  30. True
  31. the smallpox vaccine
  32. compass
  33. talk to people far away
  34. False
  35. microscope
  36. True
  37. printing press
  38. telescope
  39. False
  40. Louis Braille

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