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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 786 · 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 stethoscope (b) the electric battery (c) penicillin (d) the smallpox vaccine
  2. 2.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) print many books (b) tell the time (c) talk to people far away (d) measure body temperature
  4. 4.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) penicillin (c) the telephone (d) the electric battery
  7. 7.What does a compass help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) find directions (c) do sums quickly (d) see tiny germs
  8. 8.What does a telephone help us do? (a) print many books (b) hear the heartbeat (c) measure body temperature (d) talk to people far away
  9. 9.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  10. 10.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Louis Braille (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alexander Fleming
  11. 11.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the telephone (c) the printing press (d) X-rays
  12. 12.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the telephone (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the electric battery (d) raised-dot writing
  13. 13.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) calculator (b) telescope (c) clock (d) compass
  14. 14.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) René Laennec (d) Louis Braille
  16. 16.What does a printing press help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) measure body temperature (c) print many books (d) tell the time
  17. 17.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) stethoscope (b) thermometer (c) microscope (d) calculator
  18. 18.What does a microscope help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) print many books (c) tell the time (d) see tiny germs
  19. 19.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) printing press (b) clock (c) microscope (d) telescope
  20. 20.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: a printing press helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Edward Jenner (d) René Laennec
  25. 25.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) telescope (b) thermometer (c) calculator (d) clock
  26. 26.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) thermometer (b) clock (c) telescope (d) microscope
  27. 27.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the telephone (b) the printing press (c) the stethoscope (d) X-rays
  28. 28.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alessandro Volta
  29. 29.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) penicillin (c) the printing press (d) raised-dot writing
  30. 30.What does a telescope help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) see faraway stars (c) talk to people far away (d) measure body temperature
  31. 31.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: a thermometer helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: René Laennec gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: a microscope helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the first aeroplane (c) the telephone (d) the printing press
  40. 40.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) compass (b) thermometer (c) printing press (d) telescope

Answer key

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

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