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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 573 · 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) X-rays (c) raised-dot writing (d) penicillin
  2. 2.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) printing press (b) calculator (c) telescope (d) clock
  3. 3.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) raised-dot writing (d) X-rays
  4. 4.True or false: a microscope helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) clock (b) telescope (c) telephone (d) compass
  8. 8.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the telephone (c) X-rays (d) penicillin
  10. 10.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) print many books (c) tell the time (d) find directions
  11. 11.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) X-rays (b) the printing press (c) raised-dot writing (d) the stethoscope
  12. 12.What does a compass help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) hear the heartbeat (c) tell the time (d) find directions
  13. 13.True or false: René Laennec gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.What does a telephone help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) print many books (c) talk to people far away (d) do sums quickly
  15. 15.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) stethoscope (b) telescope (c) printing press (d) compass
  19. 19.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) print many books (b) measure body temperature (c) talk to people far away (d) do sums quickly
  20. 20.True or false: a telescope helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: a clock helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) X-rays (c) the telephone (d) the electric battery
  23. 23.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) René Laennec (d) Louis Braille
  24. 24.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) the Wright brothers
  28. 28.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) thermometer (b) calculator (c) compass (d) telescope
  29. 29.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) René Laennec (c) Louis Braille (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  30. 30.True or false: a stethoscope helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the telephone (b) the first aeroplane (c) the stethoscope (d) the electric battery
  32. 32.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) stethoscope (b) thermometer (c) telephone (d) printing press
  33. 33.What does a printing press help us do? (a) find directions (b) see faraway stars (c) print many books (d) measure body temperature
  34. 34.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) stethoscope (b) compass (c) printing press (d) thermometer
  37. 37.True or false: a printing press helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: René Laennec gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.What does a microscope help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) tell the time (c) talk to people far away (d) do sums quickly
  40. 40.True or false: a stethoscope helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. penicillin
  2. printing press
  3. the smallpox vaccine
  4. False
  5. False
  6. True
  7. clock
  8. True
  9. X-rays
  10. hear the heartbeat
  11. the printing press
  12. find directions
  13. False
  14. talk to people far away
  15. False
  16. False
  17. False
  18. telescope
  19. measure body temperature
  20. False
  21. False
  22. the electric battery
  23. Alessandro Volta
  24. False
  25. True
  26. True
  27. Alexander Graham Bell
  28. thermometer
  29. Johannes Gutenberg
  30. False
  31. the first aeroplane
  32. telephone
  33. print many books
  34. False
  35. True
  36. compass
  37. False
  38. False
  39. see tiny germs
  40. False

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