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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 541 · 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 Graham Bell give us? (a) X-rays (b) the telephone (c) the printing press (d) penicillin
  2. 2.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.What does a telephone help us do? (a) tell the time (b) print many books (c) measure body temperature (d) talk to people far away
  4. 4.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) the Wright brothers (c) Louis Braille (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  5. 5.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the stethoscope (c) X-rays (d) the first aeroplane
  7. 7.What does a clock help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) measure body temperature (c) see faraway stars (d) tell the time
  8. 8.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) microscope (b) clock (c) compass (d) calculator
  9. 9.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) compass (b) thermometer (c) stethoscope (d) telescope
  10. 10.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Louis Braille (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  11. 11.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) find directions (c) tell the time (d) measure body temperature
  12. 12.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) clock (b) calculator (c) compass (d) microscope
  13. 13.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) René Laennec (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Edward Jenner (d) the Wright brothers
  14. 14.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: a microscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.What does a microscope help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) do sums quickly (c) print many books (d) see tiny germs
  17. 17.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) the Wright brothers (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Edward Jenner
  20. 20.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) telescope (b) thermometer (c) printing press (d) compass
  21. 21.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Louis Braille
  22. 22.What does a telescope help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) tell the time (c) see faraway stars (d) find directions
  23. 23.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) penicillin (b) X-rays (c) the first aeroplane (d) the smallpox vaccine
  27. 27.True or false: a stethoscope helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) penicillin (c) the electric battery (d) the printing press
  30. 30.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) René Laennec (c) Louis Braille (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  33. 33.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Louis Braille (d) Alessandro Volta
  34. 34.True or false: Louis Braille gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) telescope (b) calculator (c) compass (d) stethoscope
  36. 36.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.What does a compass help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) find directions (c) do sums quickly (d) see tiny germs
  38. 38.True or false: a telescope helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.What did René Laennec give us? (a) penicillin (b) the stethoscope (c) the printing press (d) the telephone
  40. 40.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) X-rays (b) penicillin (c) the first aeroplane (d) the smallpox vaccine

Answer key

  1. the telephone
  2. True
  3. talk to people far away
  4. the Wright brothers
  5. False
  6. the first aeroplane
  7. tell the time
  8. calculator
  9. thermometer
  10. Alexander Graham Bell
  11. measure body temperature
  12. microscope
  13. Wilhelm Röntgen
  14. False
  15. False
  16. see tiny germs
  17. True
  18. True
  19. Edward Jenner
  20. compass
  21. Alessandro Volta
  22. see faraway stars
  23. True
  24. True
  25. True
  26. X-rays
  27. False
  28. False
  29. penicillin
  30. True
  31. True
  32. Johannes Gutenberg
  33. Louis Braille
  34. False
  35. stethoscope
  36. False
  37. find directions
  38. True
  39. the stethoscope
  40. the smallpox vaccine

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