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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 132 · 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 do sums quickly? (a) printing press (b) calculator (c) microscope (d) compass
  2. 2.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) X-rays (b) penicillin (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the electric battery
  4. 4.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) printing press (b) clock (c) compass (d) telephone
  5. 5.What does a clock help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) tell the time (c) do sums quickly (d) hear the heartbeat
  6. 6.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) René Laennec (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  7. 7.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) the Wright brothers (b) René Laennec (c) Louis Braille (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  8. 8.True or false: a stethoscope helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) microscope (b) printing press (c) compass (d) clock
  10. 10.True or false: a thermometer helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Louis Braille (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alessandro Volta
  12. 12.What does a printing press help us do? (a) find directions (b) tell the time (c) print many books (d) see faraway stars
  13. 13.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) compass (b) thermometer (c) telephone (d) calculator
  14. 14.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the printing press (b) penicillin (c) raised-dot writing (d) the first aeroplane
  15. 15.What does a telescope help us do? (a) find directions (b) do sums quickly (c) see faraway stars (d) measure body temperature
  16. 16.True or false: a telescope helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.What does a calculator help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) do sums quickly (c) find directions (d) see tiny germs
  18. 18.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the electric battery (c) X-rays (d) raised-dot writing
  19. 19.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) stethoscope (b) calculator (c) telescope (d) printing press
  20. 20.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) raised-dot writing (d) the telephone
  21. 21.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the telephone (c) the stethoscope (d) the printing press
  22. 22.True or false: a compass helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: a printing press helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) stethoscope (b) thermometer (c) compass (d) clock
  25. 25.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) telephone (b) microscope (c) stethoscope (d) printing press
  26. 26.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the printing press (c) X-rays (d) raised-dot writing
  27. 27.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Alessandro Volta (d) René Laennec
  28. 28.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) René Laennec (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  31. 31.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the electric battery (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) X-rays
  33. 33.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: a telescope helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.What does a telephone help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) talk to people far away (c) find directions (d) hear the heartbeat
  38. 38.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Louis Braille (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  39. 39.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the printing press (c) the first aeroplane (d) the electric battery
  40. 40.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. calculator
  2. True
  3. X-rays
  4. telephone
  5. tell the time
  6. René Laennec
  7. Alexander Graham Bell
  8. False
  9. microscope
  10. False
  11. Johannes Gutenberg
  12. print many books
  13. compass
  14. penicillin
  15. see faraway stars
  16. False
  17. do sums quickly
  18. raised-dot writing
  19. telescope
  20. the telephone
  21. the stethoscope
  22. False
  23. False
  24. thermometer
  25. printing press
  26. the printing press
  27. Alexander Fleming
  28. True
  29. True
  30. Wilhelm Röntgen
  31. True
  32. the electric battery
  33. True
  34. True
  35. True
  36. True
  37. talk to people far away
  38. Alessandro Volta
  39. the first aeroplane
  40. False

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