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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 184 · 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 telescope help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) see faraway stars (c) tell the time (d) talk to people far away
  2. 2.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Edward Jenner (b) René Laennec (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alexander Fleming
  6. 6.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) hear the heartbeat (c) tell the time (d) measure body temperature
  7. 7.True or false: a thermometer helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Alessandro Volta
  9. 9.True or false: René Laennec gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) find directions (b) print many books (c) see faraway stars (d) measure body temperature
  11. 11.True or false: a calculator helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: a telescope helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Edward Jenner (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  15. 15.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) compass (b) telescope (c) printing press (d) thermometer
  16. 16.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) René Laennec (d) Alessandro Volta
  17. 17.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the telephone (b) raised-dot writing (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the first aeroplane
  18. 18.What does a printing press help us do? (a) tell the time (b) print many books (c) hear the heartbeat (d) see tiny germs
  19. 19.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) telephone (b) calculator (c) compass (d) clock
  20. 20.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: René Laennec gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: a printing press helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) X-rays (b) the first aeroplane (c) the telephone (d) the printing press
  26. 26.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) the Wright brothers (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alexander Fleming
  27. 27.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the electric battery (b) penicillin (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) raised-dot writing
  28. 28.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) printing press (b) telescope (c) compass (d) stethoscope
  29. 29.What does a microscope help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) measure body temperature (c) see tiny germs (d) see faraway stars
  30. 30.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the telephone (c) the stethoscope (d) raised-dot writing
  31. 31.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Edward Jenner (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Louis Braille
  33. 33.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) thermometer (b) telephone (c) clock (d) stethoscope
  34. 34.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the telephone (c) X-rays (d) the electric battery
  37. 37.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) René Laennec (c) Louis Braille (d) Edward Jenner
  40. 40.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Edward Jenner

Answer key

  1. see faraway stars
  2. False
  3. True
  4. True
  5. Johannes Gutenberg
  6. hear the heartbeat
  7. False
  8. Alexander Graham Bell
  9. False
  10. measure body temperature
  11. False
  12. True
  13. True
  14. Edward Jenner
  15. thermometer
  16. Wilhelm Röntgen
  17. the first aeroplane
  18. print many books
  19. telephone
  20. False
  21. False
  22. True
  23. False
  24. False
  25. the telephone
  26. the Wright brothers
  27. the smallpox vaccine
  28. compass
  29. see tiny germs
  30. the stethoscope
  31. True
  32. Louis Braille
  33. stethoscope
  34. False
  35. False
  36. the electric battery
  37. True
  38. False
  39. Alexander Fleming
  40. Alessandro Volta

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