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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 215 · 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 telephone help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) measure body temperature (c) talk to people far away (d) see tiny germs
  2. 2.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the first aeroplane (c) the electric battery (d) penicillin
  3. 3.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: a telephone helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) microscope (b) stethoscope (c) telephone (d) printing press
  6. 6.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) penicillin (b) X-rays (c) the stethoscope (d) raised-dot writing
  7. 7.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the printing press (c) the stethoscope (d) the telephone
  9. 9.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) stethoscope (b) calculator (c) thermometer (d) microscope
  11. 11.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) print many books (c) hear the heartbeat (d) talk to people far away
  13. 13.True or false: a compass helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.What does a clock help us do? (a) print many books (b) see tiny germs (c) tell the time (d) hear the heartbeat
  15. 15.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Louis Braille (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  16. 16.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) René Laennec (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Alexander Fleming
  17. 17.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the first aeroplane (c) X-rays (d) the telephone
  18. 18.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) telescope (b) printing press (c) calculator (d) clock
  19. 19.What does a telescope help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) hear the heartbeat (c) see faraway stars (d) find directions
  20. 20.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the telephone (c) X-rays (d) the electric battery
  21. 21.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) René Laennec (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Louis Braille (d) the Wright brothers
  22. 22.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Alessandro Volta (c) René Laennec (d) the Wright brothers
  24. 24.What does a microscope help us do? (a) print many books (b) see tiny germs (c) tell the time (d) talk to people far away
  25. 25.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) X-rays (b) the telephone (c) raised-dot writing (d) penicillin
  26. 26.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) telescope (b) clock (c) telephone (d) calculator
  27. 27.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) René Laennec (b) the Wright brothers (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  28. 28.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: a stethoscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) René Laennec (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alexander Fleming
  32. 32.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the first aeroplane (c) the printing press (d) raised-dot writing
  34. 34.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) clock (b) thermometer (c) stethoscope (d) telephone
  35. 35.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Louis Braille
  36. 36.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) printing press (b) clock (c) stethoscope (d) telescope
  37. 37.True or false: a thermometer helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) microscope (b) telephone (c) calculator (d) compass
  40. 40.What does a printing press help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) see faraway stars (c) find directions (d) print many books

Answer key

  1. talk to people far away
  2. the first aeroplane
  3. False
  4. False
  5. printing press
  6. X-rays
  7. True
  8. the printing press
  9. False
  10. stethoscope
  11. True
  12. measure body temperature
  13. False
  14. tell the time
  15. Alexander Graham Bell
  16. Wilhelm Röntgen
  17. the telephone
  18. calculator
  19. see faraway stars
  20. the electric battery
  21. the Wright brothers
  22. True
  23. Alessandro Volta
  24. see tiny germs
  25. penicillin
  26. telescope
  27. René Laennec
  28. False
  29. False
  30. False
  31. Alexander Fleming
  32. True
  33. raised-dot writing
  34. telephone
  35. Louis Braille
  36. clock
  37. False
  38. True
  39. microscope
  40. print many books

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