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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 148 · 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.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) telescope (b) clock (c) telephone (d) microscope
  3. 3.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Edward Jenner (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Louis Braille
  4. 4.What does a telescope help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) tell the time (c) see faraway stars (d) print many books
  5. 5.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Louis Braille
  6. 6.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) René Laennec (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  7. 7.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) penicillin (c) the first aeroplane (d) the smallpox vaccine
  8. 8.What does a printing press help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) hear the heartbeat (c) print many books (d) measure body temperature
  9. 9.What does a calculator help us do? (a) tell the time (b) see faraway stars (c) talk to people far away (d) do sums quickly
  10. 10.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the telephone (b) the first aeroplane (c) the printing press (d) the electric battery
  11. 11.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) find directions (b) see faraway stars (c) measure body temperature (d) hear the heartbeat
  13. 13.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) print many books (c) do sums quickly (d) measure body temperature
  14. 14.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  15. 15.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Louis Braille (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  17. 17.What does a compass help us do? (a) find directions (b) see tiny germs (c) tell the time (d) hear the heartbeat
  18. 18.True or false: a calculator helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the first aeroplane (c) the electric battery (d) the stethoscope
  20. 20.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the printing press (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the telephone (d) raised-dot writing
  21. 21.True or false: a thermometer helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.What does a microscope help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) do sums quickly (c) tell the time (d) see tiny germs
  23. 23.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) printing press (b) thermometer (c) clock (d) microscope
  24. 24.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Alexander Fleming
  26. 26.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) clock (b) telephone (c) stethoscope (d) calculator
  27. 27.True or false: a microscope helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) microscope (b) calculator (c) telescope (d) compass
  29. 29.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) microscope (b) calculator (c) telephone (d) printing press
  31. 31.True or false: a telescope helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) telescope (b) microscope (c) telephone (d) printing press
  33. 33.True or false: Louis Braille gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.What does a telephone help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) find directions (c) see faraway stars (d) see tiny germs
  36. 36.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) penicillin (b) the printing press (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the electric battery
  37. 37.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) the Wright brothers
  38. 38.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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