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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

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

Answer key

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

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