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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 442 · 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.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the telephone (c) X-rays (d) the stethoscope
  3. 3.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) René Laennec (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  4. 4.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alexander Fleming
  5. 5.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: a telescope helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) stethoscope (b) microscope (c) telephone (d) thermometer
  9. 9.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) talk to people far away (c) see faraway stars (d) hear the heartbeat
  10. 10.What does a compass help us do? (a) find directions (b) see faraway stars (c) print many books (d) hear the heartbeat
  11. 11.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) telephone (b) telescope (c) stethoscope (d) compass
  13. 13.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.What does a clock help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) find directions (c) talk to people far away (d) tell the time
  15. 15.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) stethoscope (b) printing press (c) thermometer (d) calculator
  16. 16.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Louis Braille (c) René Laennec (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  17. 17.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) clock (b) calculator (c) telescope (d) compass
  19. 19.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the printing press (b) the first aeroplane (c) raised-dot writing (d) the telephone
  20. 20.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the printing press (c) X-rays (d) the first aeroplane
  21. 21.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Louis Braille (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  23. 23.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alessandro Volta
  24. 24.True or false: a clock helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.What does a telescope help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) find directions (c) see tiny germs (d) see faraway stars
  27. 27.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) stethoscope (b) microscope (c) compass (d) calculator
  28. 28.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the electric battery (b) X-rays (c) the first aeroplane (d) the telephone
  30. 30.True or false: a thermometer helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the telephone (c) the electric battery (d) penicillin
  32. 32.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) telescope (b) telephone (c) printing press (d) stethoscope
  33. 33.True or false: a stethoscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) clock (b) telescope (c) microscope (d) printing press
  35. 35.What does a calculator help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) do sums quickly (c) measure body temperature (d) tell the time
  36. 36.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) calculator (b) compass (c) stethoscope (d) microscope
  37. 37.What does a telephone help us do? (a) tell the time (b) talk to people far away (c) print many books (d) measure body temperature
  38. 38.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  39. 39.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the first aeroplane (c) the printing press (d) the electric battery
  40. 40.What does a printing press help us do? (a) find directions (b) do sums quickly (c) measure body temperature (d) print many books

Answer key

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

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