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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 767 · 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 does a clock help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) hear the heartbeat (c) measure body temperature (d) tell the time
  2. 2.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the printing press (b) the telephone (c) X-rays (d) the stethoscope
  3. 3.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) penicillin (b) X-rays (c) the telephone (d) the electric battery
  7. 7.True or false: a telescope helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) René Laennec (b) the Wright brothers (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  9. 9.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) telephone (b) clock (c) thermometer (d) printing press
  10. 10.True or false: a thermometer helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) telescope (b) stethoscope (c) compass (d) thermometer
  12. 12.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.What does a calculator help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) hear the heartbeat (c) tell the time (d) do sums quickly
  14. 14.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) printing press (b) thermometer (c) microscope (d) clock
  17. 17.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) penicillin (b) the first aeroplane (c) the printing press (d) the telephone
  18. 18.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) René Laennec (b) Edward Jenner (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Louis Braille
  19. 19.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) the Wright brothers (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  21. 21.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Alessandro Volta (c) René Laennec (d) the Wright brothers
  22. 22.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) penicillin (b) the telephone (c) the electric battery (d) the smallpox vaccine
  23. 23.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: a telephone helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: a stethoscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.What does a compass help us do? (a) find directions (b) see faraway stars (c) talk to people far away (d) measure body temperature
  27. 27.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) X-rays (b) the stethoscope (c) the first aeroplane (d) penicillin
  29. 29.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) calculator (b) telephone (c) clock (d) telescope
  30. 30.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) penicillin (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) X-rays
  32. 32.What does a printing press help us do? (a) find directions (b) hear the heartbeat (c) do sums quickly (d) print many books
  33. 33.True or false: a thermometer helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: a compass helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.What does a telephone help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) hear the heartbeat (c) see tiny germs (d) measure body temperature
  36. 36.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Louis Braille (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  37. 37.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) clock (b) calculator (c) telescope (d) stethoscope
  39. 39.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the telephone (b) penicillin (c) raised-dot writing (d) the stethoscope
  40. 40.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) tell the time (b) talk to people far away (c) measure body temperature (d) find directions

Answer key

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

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