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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 153 · 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 microscope help us do? (a) find directions (b) see tiny germs (c) measure body temperature (d) talk to people far away
  2. 2.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Edward Jenner (c) Louis Braille (d) René Laennec
  3. 3.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) thermometer (b) telescope (c) telephone (d) stethoscope
  4. 4.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Edward Jenner (d) Louis Braille
  5. 5.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.What does a compass help us do? (a) find directions (b) see faraway stars (c) talk to people far away (d) hear the heartbeat
  7. 7.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Edward Jenner (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  8. 8.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Edward Jenner (d) René Laennec
  9. 9.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.What does a calculator help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) do sums quickly (c) tell the time (d) talk to people far away
  13. 13.What does a telephone help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) talk to people far away (c) print many books (d) find directions
  14. 14.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) René Laennec (b) Louis Braille (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  15. 15.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) X-rays (c) the electric battery (d) penicillin
  16. 16.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) printing press (b) compass (c) calculator (d) telephone
  18. 18.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) see tiny germs (c) tell the time (d) find directions
  19. 19.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) telephone (b) telescope (c) clock (d) stethoscope
  21. 21.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) René Laennec (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alexander Fleming
  22. 22.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) the Wright brothers
  23. 23.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) clock (b) telescope (c) thermometer (d) stethoscope
  24. 24.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: a calculator helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: a telephone helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) penicillin (c) X-rays (d) the telephone
  29. 29.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) telescope (b) clock (c) compass (d) stethoscope
  30. 30.True or false: a telephone helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the printing press (b) the electric battery (c) penicillin (d) the smallpox vaccine
  32. 32.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) X-rays (b) the telephone (c) the stethoscope (d) the first aeroplane
  34. 34.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: a telephone helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Louis Braille (b) René Laennec (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  37. 37.What does a clock help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) talk to people far away (c) tell the time (d) hear the heartbeat
  38. 38.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) thermometer (b) printing press (c) microscope (d) clock
  39. 39.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the printing press (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) X-rays
  40. 40.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. see tiny germs
  2. Louis Braille
  3. telephone
  4. Wilhelm Röntgen
  5. True
  6. find directions
  7. Johannes Gutenberg
  8. Alessandro Volta
  9. True
  10. False
  11. False
  12. do sums quickly
  13. talk to people far away
  14. Alexander Graham Bell
  15. the smallpox vaccine
  16. True
  17. calculator
  18. measure body temperature
  19. True
  20. stethoscope
  21. Edward Jenner
  22. Alexander Fleming
  23. telescope
  24. True
  25. False
  26. True
  27. False
  28. the telephone
  29. compass
  30. False
  31. penicillin
  32. False
  33. the first aeroplane
  34. True
  35. False
  36. René Laennec
  37. tell the time
  38. clock
  39. the printing press
  40. True

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