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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 157 · 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: Alessandro Volta gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Alexander Fleming (c) the Wright brothers (d) René Laennec
  3. 3.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) clock (b) printing press (c) stethoscope (d) microscope
  4. 4.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Edward Jenner (d) the Wright brothers
  5. 5.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) penicillin (b) the printing press (c) the first aeroplane (d) raised-dot writing
  6. 6.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: René Laennec gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) telephone (b) printing press (c) thermometer (d) clock
  11. 11.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  12. 12.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) clock (b) compass (c) calculator (d) stethoscope
  14. 14.True or false: a clock helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Edward Jenner (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Louis Braille
  16. 16.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the first aeroplane (d) the telephone
  17. 17.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) the Wright brothers (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Alessandro Volta
  18. 18.What does a printing press help us do? (a) print many books (b) measure body temperature (c) talk to people far away (d) do sums quickly
  19. 19.What does a clock help us do? (a) tell the time (b) hear the heartbeat (c) see tiny germs (d) print many books
  20. 20.What does a telescope help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) measure body temperature (c) find directions (d) see faraway stars
  21. 21.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the printing press (c) the telephone (d) raised-dot writing
  24. 24.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) thermometer (b) microscope (c) printing press (d) telephone
  25. 25.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the telephone (b) the printing press (c) the stethoscope (d) raised-dot writing
  26. 26.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) René Laennec
  27. 27.True or false: a printing press helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) printing press (b) telephone (c) telescope (d) compass
  30. 30.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: a telephone helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) René Laennec (b) Alessandro Volta (c) the Wright brothers (d) Edward Jenner
  37. 37.True or false: a telescope helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: René Laennec gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. False
  2. Alexander Fleming
  3. clock
  4. Johannes Gutenberg
  5. the first aeroplane
  6. True
  7. True
  8. False
  9. False
  10. printing press
  11. Alessandro Volta
  12. False
  13. calculator
  14. False
  15. Louis Braille
  16. the telephone
  17. the Wright brothers
  18. print many books
  19. tell the time
  20. see faraway stars
  21. True
  22. True
  23. raised-dot writing
  24. microscope
  25. the printing press
  26. Wilhelm Röntgen
  27. False
  28. False
  29. compass
  30. True
  31. True
  32. False
  33. False
  34. True
  35. True
  36. René Laennec
  37. True
  38. False
  39. True
  40. True

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