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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 80 · 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.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the electric battery (b) penicillin (c) the stethoscope (d) X-rays
  3. 3.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) calculator (b) microscope (c) stethoscope (d) compass
  4. 4.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) clock (b) microscope (c) printing press (d) telescope
  5. 5.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) microscope (b) clock (c) calculator (d) stethoscope
  7. 7.True or false: a microscope helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) X-rays (d) the printing press
  9. 9.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.What does a telephone help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) talk to people far away (c) see faraway stars (d) do sums quickly
  11. 11.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Edward Jenner (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  12. 12.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) thermometer (b) printing press (c) microscope (d) clock
  13. 13.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) stethoscope (b) compass (c) clock (d) calculator
  14. 14.What does a clock help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) measure body temperature (c) see tiny germs (d) tell the time
  15. 15.What does a compass help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) see faraway stars (c) find directions (d) hear the heartbeat
  16. 16.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Louis Braille (c) the Wright brothers (d) René Laennec
  18. 18.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: a printing press helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the printing press (c) X-rays (d) the first aeroplane
  22. 22.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the printing press (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the electric battery (d) the telephone
  23. 23.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) the Wright brothers (c) Alessandro Volta (d) René Laennec
  25. 25.True or false: a microscope helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the telephone (c) the electric battery (d) the first aeroplane
  29. 29.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: a telephone helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Louis Braille (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  32. 32.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) microscope (b) compass (c) stethoscope (d) telescope
  33. 33.True or false: a calculator helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  36. 36.What does a telescope help us do? (a) print many books (b) see faraway stars (c) find directions (d) talk to people far away
  37. 37.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) telescope (b) stethoscope (c) telephone (d) thermometer
  38. 38.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Louis Braille (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alexander Fleming
  39. 39.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alexander Fleming (d) the Wright brothers
  40. 40.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) penicillin (d) the electric battery

Answer key

  1. True
  2. X-rays
  3. calculator
  4. telescope
  5. True
  6. clock
  7. False
  8. the smallpox vaccine
  9. False
  10. talk to people far away
  11. Edward Jenner
  12. thermometer
  13. stethoscope
  14. tell the time
  15. find directions
  16. False
  17. Louis Braille
  18. False
  19. True
  20. False
  21. the printing press
  22. the telephone
  23. True
  24. René Laennec
  25. False
  26. True
  27. False
  28. the first aeroplane
  29. False
  30. False
  31. Alessandro Volta
  32. microscope
  33. False
  34. False
  35. Alexander Graham Bell
  36. see faraway stars
  37. telephone
  38. Wilhelm Röntgen
  39. the Wright brothers
  40. penicillin

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