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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 896 · 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) raised-dot writing (c) the stethoscope (d) the smallpox vaccine
  2. 2.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Edward Jenner (d) René Laennec
  4. 4.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) telephone (b) compass (c) thermometer (d) telescope
  5. 5.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Edward Jenner
  6. 6.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alexander Fleming
  8. 8.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: a telescope helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Louis Braille (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alessandro Volta
  12. 12.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) clock (b) compass (c) telephone (d) microscope
  13. 13.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) clock (b) calculator (c) stethoscope (d) telephone
  14. 14.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) microscope (b) stethoscope (c) telescope (d) printing press
  16. 16.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the first aeroplane (c) the telephone (d) the stethoscope
  17. 17.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) clock (b) printing press (c) thermometer (d) calculator
  18. 18.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Edward Jenner (c) Louis Braille (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  20. 20.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) penicillin (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the printing press (d) X-rays
  21. 21.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: a microscope helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) see tiny germs (c) measure body temperature (d) find directions
  25. 25.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) telescope (b) compass (c) telephone (d) microscope
  27. 27.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) printing press (b) compass (c) telephone (d) stethoscope
  28. 28.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.What does a clock help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) do sums quickly (c) tell the time (d) find directions
  30. 30.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the telephone (b) raised-dot writing (c) X-rays (d) penicillin
  31. 31.True or false: a microscope helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.What does a compass help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) find directions (c) print many books (d) tell the time
  33. 33.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the printing press (b) X-rays (c) the stethoscope (d) the electric battery
  34. 34.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.What does a calculator help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) talk to people far away (c) tell the time (d) measure body temperature
  36. 36.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Edward Jenner (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  39. 39.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: a clock helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. the smallpox vaccine
  2. False
  3. the Wright brothers
  4. thermometer
  5. Wilhelm Röntgen
  6. True
  7. Alexander Fleming
  8. False
  9. False
  10. False
  11. Alessandro Volta
  12. microscope
  13. telephone
  14. True
  15. telescope
  16. the first aeroplane
  17. calculator
  18. True
  19. Edward Jenner
  20. penicillin
  21. True
  22. False
  23. False
  24. measure body temperature
  25. True
  26. compass
  27. printing press
  28. True
  29. tell the time
  30. raised-dot writing
  31. False
  32. find directions
  33. the printing press
  34. True
  35. do sums quickly
  36. True
  37. True
  38. Alexander Graham Bell
  39. False
  40. False

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