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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 145 · 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 see tiny germs? (a) calculator (b) compass (c) telephone (d) microscope
  2. 2.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Louis Braille (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Edward Jenner
  3. 3.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) penicillin (b) the telephone (c) the printing press (d) the stethoscope
  4. 4.What does a telephone help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) talk to people far away (c) do sums quickly (d) measure body temperature
  5. 5.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alexander Fleming
  6. 6.True or false: René Laennec gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Edward Jenner (b) René Laennec (c) the Wright brothers (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  8. 8.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) talk to people far away (c) find directions (d) print many books
  9. 9.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: a telescope helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Louis Braille (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Alexander Fleming
  12. 12.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  13. 13.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: a stethoscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.What does a compass help us do? (a) tell the time (b) find directions (c) hear the heartbeat (d) see faraway stars
  17. 17.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) stethoscope (b) calculator (c) telephone (d) telescope
  20. 20.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Edward Jenner (c) the Wright brothers (d) Louis Braille
  21. 21.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: a clock helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) René Laennec (d) Louis Braille
  24. 24.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the printing press (c) X-rays (d) penicillin
  25. 25.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.What does a printing press help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) hear the heartbeat (c) measure body temperature (d) print many books
  28. 28.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) compass (b) stethoscope (c) microscope (d) telephone
  29. 29.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the stethoscope (c) penicillin (d) X-rays
  30. 30.What does a telescope help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) do sums quickly (c) tell the time (d) see faraway stars
  31. 31.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Alexander Fleming (d) René Laennec
  32. 32.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) find directions (c) tell the time (d) measure body temperature
  34. 34.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) telescope (b) thermometer (c) calculator (d) compass
  35. 35.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) raised-dot writing (c) X-rays (d) the stethoscope
  36. 36.What did René Laennec give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the printing press (c) the stethoscope (d) X-rays
  37. 37.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) telescope (b) stethoscope (c) calculator (d) microscope
  38. 38.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) stethoscope (b) thermometer (c) microscope (d) calculator
  39. 39.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) the Wright brothers (b) René Laennec (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Edward Jenner
  40. 40.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. microscope
  2. Edward Jenner
  3. the printing press
  4. talk to people far away
  5. Alexander Graham Bell
  6. False
  7. the Wright brothers
  8. hear the heartbeat
  9. True
  10. True
  11. Alexander Fleming
  12. Wilhelm Röntgen
  13. True
  14. False
  15. False
  16. find directions
  17. False
  18. True
  19. telescope
  20. Louis Braille
  21. True
  22. False
  23. René Laennec
  24. penicillin
  25. False
  26. True
  27. print many books
  28. telephone
  29. the smallpox vaccine
  30. see faraway stars
  31. Alessandro Volta
  32. False
  33. measure body temperature
  34. calculator
  35. X-rays
  36. the stethoscope
  37. stethoscope
  38. thermometer
  39. Johannes Gutenberg
  40. True

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