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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 787 · 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 Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the electric battery (c) the telephone (d) the first aeroplane
  2. 2.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the electric battery (c) raised-dot writing (d) the first aeroplane
  3. 3.True or false: a calculator helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Louis Braille (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  5. 5.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.What does a microscope help us do? (a) find directions (b) tell the time (c) see tiny germs (d) measure body temperature
  8. 8.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) calculator (b) thermometer (c) telephone (d) stethoscope
  9. 9.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) René Laennec (c) Edward Jenner (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  10. 10.True or false: a stethoscope helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.What does a printing press help us do? (a) print many books (b) find directions (c) do sums quickly (d) see tiny germs
  12. 12.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the electric battery (c) the telephone (d) the stethoscope
  13. 13.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: a telescope helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the printing press (b) the first aeroplane (c) the electric battery (d) the stethoscope
  16. 16.What does a calculator help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) tell the time (c) measure body temperature (d) see faraway stars
  17. 17.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  18. 18.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the telephone (c) X-rays (d) raised-dot writing
  19. 19.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) thermometer (b) telephone (c) calculator (d) compass
  20. 20.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) compass (b) thermometer (c) stethoscope (d) calculator
  21. 21.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) René Laennec (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Edward Jenner (d) Louis Braille
  23. 23.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) penicillin (c) the electric battery (d) the printing press
  25. 25.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alessandro Volta
  27. 27.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) compass (b) printing press (c) thermometer (d) telephone
  28. 28.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: a printing press helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: a calculator helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.What does a telephone help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) talk to people far away (c) see tiny germs (d) print many books
  34. 34.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) hear the heartbeat (c) tell the time (d) measure body temperature
  35. 35.True or false: a stethoscope helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) telephone (b) stethoscope (c) clock (d) thermometer
  37. 37.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Alessandro Volta (d) the Wright brothers
  38. 38.True or false: René Laennec gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Louis Braille (d) the Wright brothers
  40. 40.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) printing press (b) microscope (c) compass (d) calculator

Answer key

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

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