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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 108 · 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.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) telephone (b) thermometer (c) stethoscope (d) printing press
  2. 2.True or false: a clock helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Louis Braille
  4. 4.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the stethoscope (c) the first aeroplane (d) the telephone
  6. 6.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the telephone (b) the first aeroplane (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the electric battery
  7. 7.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) compass (b) clock (c) printing press (d) telescope
  8. 8.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) penicillin (b) the first aeroplane (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the printing press
  9. 9.True or false: a compass helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) calculator (b) telescope (c) telephone (d) printing press
  11. 11.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) microscope (b) clock (c) telephone (d) compass
  14. 14.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) René Laennec
  15. 15.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the telephone (b) penicillin (c) the first aeroplane (d) the smallpox vaccine
  16. 16.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) clock (b) stethoscope (c) compass (d) calculator
  18. 18.True or false: a calculator helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) René Laennec (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Alessandro Volta
  20. 20.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the stethoscope (d) penicillin
  21. 21.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: a clock helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) thermometer (b) compass (c) calculator (d) telephone
  24. 24.What does a telephone help us do? (a) print many books (b) measure body temperature (c) talk to people far away (d) find directions
  25. 25.True or false: a printing press helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Edward Jenner (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Alessandro Volta
  27. 27.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: René Laennec gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Edward Jenner (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  30. 30.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: a telephone helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: a telescope helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: René Laennec gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) printing press (b) telephone (c) telescope (d) stethoscope
  36. 36.What does a compass help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) see faraway stars (c) print many books (d) find directions
  37. 37.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Louis Braille (b) the Wright brothers (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Alexander Fleming
  38. 38.True or false: a printing press helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: a microscope helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. printing press
  2. False
  3. Johannes Gutenberg
  4. False
  5. raised-dot writing
  6. the telephone
  7. clock
  8. the printing press
  9. False
  10. telescope
  11. True
  12. False
  13. compass
  14. the Wright brothers
  15. the smallpox vaccine
  16. True
  17. stethoscope
  18. False
  19. Alessandro Volta
  20. the electric battery
  21. False
  22. False
  23. calculator
  24. talk to people far away
  25. False
  26. Alexander Graham Bell
  27. False
  28. False
  29. Wilhelm Röntgen
  30. False
  31. False
  32. False
  33. True
  34. False
  35. telephone
  36. find directions
  37. Louis Braille
  38. False
  39. True
  40. False

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