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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 708 · 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 the Wright brothers give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the electric battery (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the telephone
  2. 2.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) measure body temperature (c) see tiny germs (d) talk to people far away
  3. 3.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Louis Braille (b) Alessandro Volta (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alexander Fleming
  4. 4.What does a clock help us do? (a) tell the time (b) hear the heartbeat (c) see faraway stars (d) see tiny germs
  5. 5.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) printing press (b) telephone (c) thermometer (d) stethoscope
  6. 6.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) telescope (b) microscope (c) calculator (d) clock
  8. 8.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) the Wright brothers (d) Edward Jenner
  9. 9.What does a microscope help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) measure body temperature (c) print many books (d) do sums quickly
  10. 10.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the printing press (c) X-rays (d) the telephone
  11. 11.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) René Laennec (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alexander Fleming
  14. 14.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.What does a compass help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) find directions (c) hear the heartbeat (d) see tiny germs
  16. 16.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: a stethoscope helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) X-rays (b) penicillin (c) the electric battery (d) raised-dot writing
  19. 19.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Louis Braille (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  20. 20.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Alessandro Volta (c) René Laennec (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  22. 22.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.What does a printing press help us do? (a) print many books (b) find directions (c) see tiny germs (d) measure body temperature
  24. 24.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the printing press (b) the stethoscope (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the telephone
  25. 25.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the telephone (b) X-rays (c) the stethoscope (d) the electric battery
  26. 26.True or false: a thermometer helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) stethoscope (b) calculator (c) thermometer (d) telephone
  28. 28.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.What does a telephone help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) talk to people far away (c) see tiny germs (d) measure body temperature
  30. 30.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the first aeroplane (c) raised-dot writing (d) the printing press
  31. 31.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) stethoscope (b) calculator (c) telephone (d) clock
  33. 33.What does a calculator help us do? (a) print many books (b) hear the heartbeat (c) tell the time (d) do sums quickly
  34. 34.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) microscope (b) telephone (c) stethoscope (d) calculator
  36. 36.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the printing press (c) the telephone (d) the first aeroplane
  37. 37.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) telephone (b) stethoscope (c) thermometer (d) clock
  38. 38.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) telescope (b) stethoscope (c) thermometer (d) compass
  39. 39.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Alessandro Volta

Answer key

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

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