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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 533 · 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 did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) penicillin (c) the stethoscope (d) the first aeroplane
  2. 2.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the telephone (b) the first aeroplane (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) X-rays
  3. 3.What does a clock help us do? (a) tell the time (b) measure body temperature (c) do sums quickly (d) talk to people far away
  4. 4.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) telephone (b) stethoscope (c) thermometer (d) clock
  5. 5.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the telephone (c) the printing press (d) the electric battery
  6. 6.What does a telescope help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) measure body temperature (c) find directions (d) see faraway stars
  7. 7.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) clock (b) stethoscope (c) compass (d) thermometer
  8. 8.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) the Wright brothers (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  11. 11.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: a telescope helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) do sums quickly (c) measure body temperature (d) talk to people far away
  14. 14.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the electric battery (b) raised-dot writing (c) the printing press (d) the first aeroplane
  15. 15.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) penicillin (b) the telephone (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the electric battery
  16. 16.What does a microscope help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) measure body temperature (c) talk to people far away (d) see tiny germs
  17. 17.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) microscope (b) thermometer (c) telephone (d) calculator
  19. 19.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the first aeroplane (c) the electric battery (d) the smallpox vaccine
  22. 22.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  23. 23.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Edward Jenner
  24. 24.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Louis Braille (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) René Laennec (d) Edward Jenner
  25. 25.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Edward Jenner (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  26. 26.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) X-rays (b) the printing press (c) raised-dot writing (d) the smallpox vaccine
  30. 30.True or false: a telescope helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.What does a telephone help us do? (a) tell the time (b) do sums quickly (c) talk to people far away (d) measure body temperature
  32. 32.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) René Laennec (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Edward Jenner (d) Louis Braille
  35. 35.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) hear the heartbeat (c) see tiny germs (d) see faraway stars
  36. 36.True or false: a clock helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.What does a printing press help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) do sums quickly (c) print many books (d) talk to people far away
  38. 38.True or false: a telephone helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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