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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 205 · 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 X-rays? (a) René Laennec (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) the Wright brothers
  2. 2.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) compass (b) clock (c) printing press (d) thermometer
  3. 3.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) X-rays (b) the telephone (c) the electric battery (d) the stethoscope
  4. 4.What does a telephone help us do? (a) tell the time (b) see faraway stars (c) talk to people far away (d) print many books
  5. 5.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) thermometer (b) microscope (c) telescope (d) printing press
  6. 6.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Louis Braille (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alexander Fleming (d) René Laennec
  7. 7.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the stethoscope (c) X-rays (d) the printing press
  8. 8.What does a microscope help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) do sums quickly (c) see tiny germs (d) measure body temperature
  9. 9.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Louis Braille
  15. 15.True or false: a thermometer helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.What does a printing press help us do? (a) print many books (b) find directions (c) hear the heartbeat (d) talk to people far away
  17. 17.True or false: a clock helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) penicillin (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the electric battery (d) the printing press
  19. 19.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Louis Braille (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) René Laennec
  20. 20.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) stethoscope (b) compass (c) calculator (d) thermometer
  21. 21.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) find directions (c) measure body temperature (d) hear the heartbeat
  22. 22.What does a compass help us do? (a) tell the time (b) find directions (c) measure body temperature (d) see faraway stars
  23. 23.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: a calculator helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: René Laennec gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Louis Braille
  30. 30.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) René Laennec (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  32. 32.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  33. 33.True or false: a compass helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) stethoscope (b) compass (c) telephone (d) thermometer
  36. 36.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the printing press (b) the telephone (c) raised-dot writing (d) penicillin
  37. 37.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) compass (b) stethoscope (c) thermometer (d) microscope
  38. 38.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) telescope (b) stethoscope (c) clock (d) microscope

Answer key

  1. Wilhelm Röntgen
  2. compass
  3. the telephone
  4. talk to people far away
  5. telescope
  6. Johannes Gutenberg
  7. the printing press
  8. see tiny germs
  9. True
  10. True
  11. False
  12. True
  13. True
  14. Louis Braille
  15. False
  16. print many books
  17. False
  18. the smallpox vaccine
  19. Alexander Fleming
  20. stethoscope
  21. hear the heartbeat
  22. find directions
  23. True
  24. False
  25. False
  26. True
  27. False
  28. False
  29. the Wright brothers
  30. True
  31. René Laennec
  32. Alessandro Volta
  33. False
  34. True
  35. telephone
  36. penicillin
  37. thermometer
  38. True
  39. True
  40. clock

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