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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 646 · 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 Alessandro Volta give us? (a) penicillin (b) the printing press (c) the electric battery (d) the first aeroplane
  2. 2.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the telephone (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the first aeroplane (d) the stethoscope
  3. 3.What does a printing press help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) tell the time (c) print many books (d) hear the heartbeat
  4. 4.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Louis Braille (d) Edward Jenner
  5. 5.What does a telephone help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) tell the time (c) hear the heartbeat (d) talk to people far away
  6. 6.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) printing press (b) telescope (c) telephone (d) stethoscope
  8. 8.True or false: a microscope helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: a printing press helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the printing press (b) the first aeroplane (c) X-rays (d) the telephone
  12. 12.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) printing press (b) stethoscope (c) compass (d) telescope
  13. 13.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Edward Jenner (b) the Wright brothers (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  14. 14.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Louis Braille (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alessandro Volta
  15. 15.What does a calculator help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) do sums quickly (c) talk to people far away (d) measure body temperature
  16. 16.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) microscope (b) thermometer (c) telephone (d) printing press
  20. 20.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Alexander Fleming (c) the Wright brothers (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  21. 21.What does a microscope help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) talk to people far away (c) see tiny germs (d) tell the time
  22. 22.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the telephone (b) the printing press (c) penicillin (d) raised-dot writing
  23. 23.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) measure body temperature (c) find directions (d) hear the heartbeat
  24. 24.True or false: René Laennec gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: a stethoscope helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) penicillin (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the printing press (d) the first aeroplane
  27. 27.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) compass (b) thermometer (c) printing press (d) telescope
  29. 29.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: a telescope helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) telephone (b) microscope (c) calculator (d) thermometer
  32. 32.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: a telescope helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) thermometer (b) clock (c) telescope (d) printing press
  36. 36.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) tell the time (b) hear the heartbeat (c) find directions (d) do sums quickly
  37. 37.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the telephone (b) penicillin (c) the first aeroplane (d) the electric battery
  39. 39.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Edward Jenner (d) René Laennec
  40. 40.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. the electric battery
  2. the smallpox vaccine
  3. print many books
  4. Edward Jenner
  5. talk to people far away
  6. False
  7. telescope
  8. False
  9. False
  10. True
  11. the first aeroplane
  12. printing press
  13. the Wright brothers
  14. Louis Braille
  15. do sums quickly
  16. False
  17. True
  18. True
  19. microscope
  20. Alessandro Volta
  21. see tiny germs
  22. the printing press
  23. measure body temperature
  24. False
  25. False
  26. penicillin
  27. False
  28. compass
  29. True
  30. False
  31. calculator
  32. False
  33. False
  34. False
  35. thermometer
  36. hear the heartbeat
  37. True
  38. the telephone
  39. René Laennec
  40. False

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