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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 901 · 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 does a calculator help us do? (a) print many books (b) talk to people far away (c) do sums quickly (d) tell the time
  2. 2.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) microscope (b) calculator (c) compass (d) stethoscope
  4. 4.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the first aeroplane (c) penicillin (d) the stethoscope
  5. 5.What does a telephone help us do? (a) tell the time (b) see faraway stars (c) talk to people far away (d) see tiny germs
  6. 6.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Alexander Fleming (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  7. 7.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.What does a compass help us do? (a) find directions (b) do sums quickly (c) talk to people far away (d) tell the time
  10. 10.What does a clock help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) tell the time (c) see tiny germs (d) hear the heartbeat
  11. 11.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) René Laennec (b) the Wright brothers (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alessandro Volta
  12. 12.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the first aeroplane (c) penicillin (d) the electric battery
  18. 18.True or false: a telescope helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) microscope (b) compass (c) printing press (d) stethoscope
  20. 20.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) microscope (b) calculator (c) stethoscope (d) thermometer
  22. 22.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) René Laennec (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  23. 23.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.What did René Laennec give us? (a) X-rays (b) the stethoscope (c) the electric battery (d) penicillin
  26. 26.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) penicillin (b) raised-dot writing (c) the stethoscope (d) the telephone
  27. 27.True or false: a printing press helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Louis Braille (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Edward Jenner
  29. 29.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) telephone (b) compass (c) stethoscope (d) microscope
  30. 30.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Louis Braille
  31. 31.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) thermometer (b) telephone (c) printing press (d) microscope
  32. 32.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.What does a microscope help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) do sums quickly (c) see tiny germs (d) talk to people far away
  34. 34.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) find directions (b) hear the heartbeat (c) see tiny germs (d) measure body temperature
  35. 35.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) telescope (b) calculator (c) clock (d) stethoscope
  36. 36.True or false: a printing press helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: a stethoscope helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: a telescope helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: a thermometer helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. do sums quickly
  2. False
  3. stethoscope
  4. the electric battery
  5. talk to people far away
  6. Alexander Graham Bell
  7. False
  8. True
  9. find directions
  10. tell the time
  11. René Laennec
  12. True
  13. True
  14. True
  15. True
  16. False
  17. the first aeroplane
  18. False
  19. compass
  20. True
  21. microscope
  22. Johannes Gutenberg
  23. False
  24. False
  25. the stethoscope
  26. the telephone
  27. False
  28. Edward Jenner
  29. telephone
  30. Louis Braille
  31. printing press
  32. True
  33. see tiny germs
  34. measure body temperature
  35. calculator
  36. False
  37. False
  38. False
  39. True
  40. False

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