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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 659 · 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 Edward Jenner give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) X-rays (c) the electric battery (d) penicillin
  2. 2.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the first aeroplane (c) the telephone (d) raised-dot writing
  3. 3.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) calculator (b) thermometer (c) microscope (d) printing press
  4. 4.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) penicillin (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the electric battery
  5. 5.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) the Wright brothers (b) René Laennec (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alessandro Volta
  7. 7.True or false: a stethoscope helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: a clock helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) hear the heartbeat (c) print many books (d) measure body temperature
  11. 11.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) penicillin (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the electric battery
  13. 13.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: a telephone helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) stethoscope (b) printing press (c) telescope (d) calculator
  18. 18.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the first aeroplane (c) the telephone (d) the smallpox vaccine
  19. 19.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Edward Jenner (d) René Laennec
  21. 21.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) René Laennec (d) Edward Jenner
  22. 22.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) microscope (b) thermometer (c) telescope (d) printing press
  23. 23.True or false: a clock helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.What does a printing press help us do? (a) print many books (b) tell the time (c) see faraway stars (d) hear the heartbeat
  25. 25.What does a telephone help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) talk to people far away (c) measure body temperature (d) tell the time
  26. 26.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the first aeroplane (c) X-rays (d) the electric battery
  27. 27.True or false: a clock helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) calculator (b) compass (c) telephone (d) stethoscope
  29. 29.True or false: a telescope helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) X-rays (b) the telephone (c) the first aeroplane (d) the electric battery
  31. 31.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) René Laennec (d) Edward Jenner
  33. 33.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) compass (b) printing press (c) microscope (d) telephone
  34. 34.What does a clock help us do? (a) find directions (b) tell the time (c) talk to people far away (d) print many books
  35. 35.True or false: René Laennec gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  37. 37.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the printing press (b) X-rays (c) the first aeroplane (d) the electric battery
  39. 39.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) microscope (b) stethoscope (c) clock (d) calculator
  40. 40.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) find directions (b) talk to people far away (c) hear the heartbeat (d) tell the time

Answer key

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

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