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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 69 · 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 first aeroplane (b) the printing press (c) raised-dot writing (d) the smallpox vaccine
  2. 2.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) X-rays (c) the electric battery (d) penicillin
  3. 3.What does a telephone help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) hear the heartbeat (c) talk to people far away (d) find directions
  4. 4.What does a compass help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) find directions (c) print many books (d) see tiny germs
  5. 5.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) compass (b) telephone (c) clock (d) microscope
  6. 6.What does a microscope help us do? (a) print many books (b) do sums quickly (c) see tiny germs (d) hear the heartbeat
  7. 7.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alexander Fleming
  8. 8.What does a clock help us do? (a) find directions (b) talk to people far away (c) print many books (d) tell the time
  9. 9.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Louis Braille (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alexander Fleming
  10. 10.True or false: a telescope helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) X-rays (b) penicillin (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the electric battery
  13. 13.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) telescope (b) compass (c) telephone (d) calculator
  15. 15.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) thermometer (b) stethoscope (c) compass (d) telescope
  16. 16.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) René Laennec (b) Edward Jenner (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alessandro Volta
  17. 17.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) René Laennec
  18. 18.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) penicillin (b) X-rays (c) the telephone (d) raised-dot writing
  20. 20.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) X-rays (c) the electric battery (d) the smallpox vaccine
  22. 22.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: a microscope helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) René Laennec (d) Edward Jenner
  25. 25.What does a calculator help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) see faraway stars (c) do sums quickly (d) find directions
  26. 26.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) find directions (b) hear the heartbeat (c) measure body temperature (d) print many books
  27. 27.True or false: a microscope helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) microscope (b) clock (c) calculator (d) thermometer
  29. 29.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alexander Fleming
  30. 30.True or false: a thermometer helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) compass (b) stethoscope (c) microscope (d) telescope
  32. 32.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Louis Braille (b) the Wright brothers (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) René Laennec
  33. 33.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: a telephone helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: a stethoscope helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.What does a telescope help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) see faraway stars (c) do sums quickly (d) measure body temperature
  38. 38.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.What does a printing press help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) tell the time (c) see tiny germs (d) print many books
  40. 40.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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