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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

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

Answer key

  1. hear the heartbeat
  2. Alexander Fleming
  3. penicillin
  4. talk to people far away
  5. False
  6. printing press
  7. clock
  8. True
  9. True
  10. René Laennec
  11. compass
  12. False
  13. the first aeroplane
  14. find directions
  15. the printing press
  16. telephone
  17. True
  18. tell the time
  19. the stethoscope
  20. Johannes Gutenberg
  21. print many books
  22. Alexander Graham Bell
  23. Alessandro Volta
  24. Louis Braille
  25. False
  26. thermometer
  27. the electric battery
  28. True
  29. X-rays
  30. False
  31. the telephone
  32. the smallpox vaccine
  33. microscope
  34. calculator
  35. True
  36. True
  37. False
  38. see tiny germs
  39. False
  40. True

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