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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 178 · 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 smallpox vaccine? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Edward Jenner
  2. 2.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Louis Braille (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  3. 3.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) stethoscope (b) telescope (c) compass (d) printing press
  6. 6.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) stethoscope (b) thermometer (c) telephone (d) microscope
  7. 7.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the telephone (b) the electric battery (c) penicillin (d) the stethoscope
  8. 8.What does a compass help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) measure body temperature (c) hear the heartbeat (d) find directions
  9. 9.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the first aeroplane (c) the telephone (d) raised-dot writing
  11. 11.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) X-rays (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the telephone (d) the printing press
  12. 12.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) compass (b) printing press (c) calculator (d) microscope
  13. 13.True or false: a clock helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.What does a microscope help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) print many books (c) do sums quickly (d) see tiny germs
  15. 15.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) hear the heartbeat (c) measure body temperature (d) talk to people far away
  16. 16.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: a telescope helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) X-rays (b) the printing press (c) the telephone (d) the electric battery
  21. 21.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) stethoscope (b) clock (c) microscope (d) telephone
  22. 22.True or false: a microscope helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) René Laennec (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  27. 27.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) printing press (b) compass (c) stethoscope (d) clock
  28. 28.True or false: a compass helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) compass (b) calculator (c) telephone (d) stethoscope
  30. 30.True or false: a calculator helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) calculator (b) clock (c) printing press (d) microscope
  32. 32.True or false: a printing press helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the printing press (b) the first aeroplane (c) penicillin (d) the telephone
  35. 35.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.What does a clock help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) tell the time (c) do sums quickly (d) measure body temperature
  37. 37.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Edward Jenner (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Alessandro Volta
  38. 38.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) telescope (b) telephone (c) calculator (d) clock
  39. 39.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) penicillin (b) the stethoscope (c) the printing press (d) the telephone
  40. 40.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Louis Braille (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) René Laennec

Answer key

  1. Edward Jenner
  2. Alexander Fleming
  3. True
  4. True
  5. telescope
  6. microscope
  7. the telephone
  8. find directions
  9. False
  10. the stethoscope
  11. the printing press
  12. compass
  13. False
  14. see tiny germs
  15. hear the heartbeat
  16. True
  17. True
  18. False
  19. False
  20. the electric battery
  21. clock
  22. False
  23. True
  24. False
  25. True
  26. Alexander Graham Bell
  27. stethoscope
  28. False
  29. calculator
  30. False
  31. printing press
  32. False
  33. False
  34. the first aeroplane
  35. True
  36. tell the time
  37. the Wright brothers
  38. telephone
  39. penicillin
  40. Louis Braille

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