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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 479 · 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) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) calculator (b) microscope (c) printing press (d) telescope
  4. 4.True or false: a microscope helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.What does a telescope help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) measure body temperature (c) see faraway stars (d) hear the heartbeat
  7. 7.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) printing press (b) calculator (c) compass (d) microscope
  8. 8.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Edward Jenner (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Louis Braille
  11. 11.What does a compass help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) see tiny germs (c) find directions (d) talk to people far away
  12. 12.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) penicillin (b) the first aeroplane (c) the printing press (d) raised-dot writing
  13. 13.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) X-rays (b) raised-dot writing (c) the first aeroplane (d) the smallpox vaccine
  15. 15.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) thermometer (b) telephone (c) printing press (d) compass
  16. 16.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) stethoscope (b) calculator (c) compass (d) thermometer
  17. 17.True or false: a compass helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.What does a telephone help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) talk to people far away (c) print many books (d) find directions
  19. 19.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) René Laennec (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) the Wright brothers (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  20. 20.True or false: a telescope helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) find directions (c) tell the time (d) measure body temperature
  22. 22.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Alexander Fleming
  23. 23.True or false: a clock helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the telephone (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) penicillin (d) the stethoscope
  29. 29.True or false: a clock helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) talk to people far away (c) tell the time (d) see tiny germs
  31. 31.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) telephone (b) microscope (c) printing press (d) clock
  32. 32.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) X-rays (c) the electric battery (d) the telephone
  34. 34.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Edward Jenner (d) René Laennec
  36. 36.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) René Laennec (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Alexander Fleming
  37. 37.What does a calculator help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) see tiny germs (c) hear the heartbeat (d) measure body temperature
  38. 38.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Louis Braille (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Alessandro Volta
  40. 40.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the telephone (b) the electric battery (c) X-rays (d) raised-dot writing

Answer key

  1. True
  2. False
  3. telescope
  4. False
  5. True
  6. see faraway stars
  7. calculator
  8. True
  9. True
  10. Johannes Gutenberg
  11. find directions
  12. the printing press
  13. True
  14. the smallpox vaccine
  15. compass
  16. thermometer
  17. False
  18. talk to people far away
  19. the Wright brothers
  20. False
  21. measure body temperature
  22. Alessandro Volta
  23. False
  24. True
  25. True
  26. True
  27. False
  28. penicillin
  29. False
  30. hear the heartbeat
  31. clock
  32. False
  33. the electric battery
  34. True
  35. Edward Jenner
  36. René Laennec
  37. do sums quickly
  38. False
  39. Alexander Fleming
  40. raised-dot writing

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