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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 228 · 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 did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the electric battery (b) penicillin (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the printing press
  2. 2.True or false: a calculator helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) penicillin (b) the printing press (c) the first aeroplane (d) X-rays
  5. 5.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) calculator (b) stethoscope (c) telephone (d) clock
  6. 6.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Louis Braille (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Alessandro Volta
  7. 7.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: a clock helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) calculator (b) clock (c) telescope (d) telephone
  10. 10.True or false: a telescope helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) X-rays (b) the first aeroplane (c) the printing press (d) the smallpox vaccine
  12. 12.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) René Laennec (c) Alessandro Volta (d) the Wright brothers
  13. 13.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) thermometer (b) microscope (c) compass (d) printing press
  14. 14.What does a clock help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) tell the time (c) see faraway stars (d) print many books
  15. 15.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) clock (b) thermometer (c) stethoscope (d) calculator
  17. 17.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) telephone (b) printing press (c) stethoscope (d) compass
  19. 19.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) telephone (b) thermometer (c) clock (d) calculator
  21. 21.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) tell the time (c) hear the heartbeat (d) talk to people far away
  24. 24.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the printing press (b) raised-dot writing (c) the electric battery (d) X-rays
  25. 25.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) penicillin (b) the stethoscope (c) X-rays (d) the electric battery
  26. 26.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the telephone (d) the first aeroplane
  27. 27.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) printing press (b) telephone (c) compass (d) stethoscope
  28. 28.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: a stethoscope helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) clock (b) telephone (c) microscope (d) printing press
  32. 32.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) tell the time (c) talk to people far away (d) measure body temperature
  33. 33.What does a telescope help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) do sums quickly (c) see faraway stars (d) measure body temperature
  34. 34.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) René Laennec
  35. 35.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Alessandro Volta (c) René Laennec (d) Alexander Fleming
  36. 36.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) the Wright brothers (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  37. 37.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the printing press (b) penicillin (c) the electric battery (d) the stethoscope
  38. 38.What does a compass help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) tell the time (c) print many books (d) find directions
  39. 39.True or false: a stethoscope helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.What does a telephone help us do? (a) find directions (b) print many books (c) talk to people far away (d) see tiny germs

Answer key

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

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