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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

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

Answer key

  1. compass
  2. Alexander Graham Bell
  3. René Laennec
  4. the electric battery
  5. the first aeroplane
  6. False
  7. False
  8. True
  9. thermometer
  10. True
  11. Alessandro Volta
  12. False
  13. Alexander Fleming
  14. True
  15. see tiny germs
  16. True
  17. tell the time
  18. clock
  19. False
  20. Wilhelm Röntgen
  21. False
  22. False
  23. telescope
  24. find directions
  25. penicillin
  26. Edward Jenner
  27. the Wright brothers
  28. print many books
  29. the stethoscope
  30. Johannes Gutenberg
  31. False
  32. False
  33. measure body temperature
  34. see faraway stars
  35. the smallpox vaccine
  36. Louis Braille
  37. telephone
  38. False
  39. False
  40. True

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