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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 818 · 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) X-rays (b) the printing press (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) raised-dot writing
  2. 2.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alexander Fleming (d) the Wright brothers
  3. 3.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) telescope (b) thermometer (c) telephone (d) stethoscope
  6. 6.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) René Laennec (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  8. 8.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) telescope (b) printing press (c) microscope (d) telephone
  9. 9.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) printing press (b) compass (c) calculator (d) telephone
  10. 10.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) compass (b) thermometer (c) telescope (d) stethoscope
  11. 11.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) talk to people far away (c) see tiny germs (d) measure body temperature
  12. 12.What does a microscope help us do? (a) find directions (b) print many books (c) see tiny germs (d) measure body temperature
  13. 13.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) René Laennec (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) the Wright brothers
  14. 14.What does a printing press help us do? (a) print many books (b) do sums quickly (c) tell the time (d) see faraway stars
  15. 15.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alexander Fleming (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  16. 16.True or false: a thermometer helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the telephone (b) the electric battery (c) the printing press (d) raised-dot writing
  18. 18.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.What does a calculator help us do? (a) find directions (b) do sums quickly (c) talk to people far away (d) see tiny germs
  20. 20.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) stethoscope (b) telescope (c) microscope (d) telephone
  21. 21.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alexander Fleming (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alessandro Volta
  23. 23.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the printing press (b) raised-dot writing (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the first aeroplane
  24. 24.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the stethoscope (c) the telephone (d) the printing press
  25. 25.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) X-rays (b) the first aeroplane (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the stethoscope
  26. 26.What does a telescope help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) see faraway stars (c) do sums quickly (d) print many books
  27. 27.What does a compass help us do? (a) print many books (b) find directions (c) do sums quickly (d) talk to people far away
  28. 28.True or false: a thermometer helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Louis Braille (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alessandro Volta
  30. 30.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) penicillin (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) X-rays (d) raised-dot writing
  32. 32.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the telephone (c) the first aeroplane (d) the smallpox vaccine
  33. 33.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the electric battery (b) penicillin (c) the first aeroplane (d) X-rays
  34. 34.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) stethoscope (b) thermometer (c) microscope (d) calculator
  35. 35.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alexander Fleming
  40. 40.What does a telephone help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) see faraway stars (c) find directions (d) tell the time

Answer key

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

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