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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 531 · 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: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.What does a printing press help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) tell the time (c) measure body temperature (d) print many books
  4. 4.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) compass (b) thermometer (c) calculator (d) printing press
  5. 5.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) stethoscope (b) telescope (c) microscope (d) thermometer
  6. 6.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the printing press (d) raised-dot writing
  7. 7.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) X-rays (c) the telephone (d) the smallpox vaccine
  8. 8.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Edward Jenner (c) René Laennec (d) the Wright brothers
  9. 9.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) calculator (b) clock (c) stethoscope (d) microscope
  11. 11.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) telephone (b) thermometer (c) telescope (d) microscope
  12. 12.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) penicillin (b) raised-dot writing (c) the printing press (d) the electric battery
  13. 13.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: a calculator helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) telephone (b) stethoscope (c) clock (d) microscope
  16. 16.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) telephone (b) thermometer (c) stethoscope (d) telescope
  17. 17.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) printing press (b) calculator (c) telescope (d) clock
  19. 19.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) print many books (c) tell the time (d) talk to people far away
  20. 20.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) X-rays (b) the first aeroplane (c) penicillin (d) the telephone
  21. 21.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the printing press (b) raised-dot writing (c) the first aeroplane (d) the smallpox vaccine
  22. 22.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Louis Braille (d) Edward Jenner
  23. 23.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: a stethoscope helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.What did René Laennec give us? (a) X-rays (b) raised-dot writing (c) the stethoscope (d) the telephone
  26. 26.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the printing press (b) the electric battery (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the stethoscope
  27. 27.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) the Wright brothers (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alexander Fleming
  28. 28.True or false: a microscope helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Edward Jenner (d) René Laennec
  30. 30.True or false: a compass helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) clock (b) stethoscope (c) compass (d) microscope
  32. 32.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) measure body temperature (c) talk to people far away (d) do sums quickly
  33. 33.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.What does a clock help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) do sums quickly (c) tell the time (d) hear the heartbeat
  35. 35.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Louis Braille (c) Alexander Fleming (d) René Laennec
  37. 37.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: a microscope helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) René Laennec (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  40. 40.True or false: a stethoscope helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. True
  2. True
  3. print many books
  4. printing press
  5. thermometer
  6. the first aeroplane
  7. the telephone
  8. the Wright brothers
  9. False
  10. microscope
  11. telephone
  12. the electric battery
  13. True
  14. False
  15. stethoscope
  16. telescope
  17. True
  18. clock
  19. hear the heartbeat
  20. penicillin
  21. raised-dot writing
  22. Alessandro Volta
  23. False
  24. False
  25. the stethoscope
  26. the smallpox vaccine
  27. Alexander Fleming
  28. False
  29. René Laennec
  30. False
  31. compass
  32. measure body temperature
  33. True
  34. tell the time
  35. True
  36. Louis Braille
  37. True
  38. False
  39. Alexander Graham Bell
  40. False

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