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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 229 · 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 first aeroplane (b) the stethoscope (c) the printing press (d) the telephone
  2. 2.What does a printing press help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) see tiny germs (c) print many books (d) see faraway stars
  3. 3.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) telephone (b) compass (c) stethoscope (d) calculator
  4. 4.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Louis Braille (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Edward Jenner (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  5. 5.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the printing press (b) the first aeroplane (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the stethoscope
  6. 6.True or false: a microscope helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) René Laennec (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Louis Braille (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  10. 10.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Louis Braille (d) the Wright brothers
  12. 12.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Alessandro Volta (d) René Laennec
  13. 13.What does a microscope help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) talk to people far away (c) do sums quickly (d) see tiny germs
  14. 14.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the telephone (b) the printing press (c) raised-dot writing (d) the stethoscope
  15. 15.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) calculator (b) stethoscope (c) compass (d) thermometer
  17. 17.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) clock (b) telephone (c) compass (d) printing press
  18. 18.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Louis Braille (b) Alexander Fleming (c) René Laennec (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  19. 19.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) telescope (b) calculator (c) microscope (d) thermometer
  20. 20.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.What does a clock help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) tell the time (c) talk to people far away (d) measure body temperature
  22. 22.True or false: a compass helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: a calculator helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) telescope (b) telephone (c) clock (d) calculator
  26. 26.True or false: a clock helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.What does a telephone help us do? (a) find directions (b) measure body temperature (c) talk to people far away (d) tell the time
  28. 28.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the first aeroplane (c) X-rays (d) the printing press
  29. 29.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) telephone (b) microscope (c) calculator (d) clock
  30. 30.True or false: Louis Braille gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: a telescope helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) hear the heartbeat (c) see faraway stars (d) print many books
  34. 34.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the telephone (c) the electric battery (d) the first aeroplane
  35. 35.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) calculator (b) thermometer (c) stethoscope (d) printing press
  37. 37.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) X-rays (b) the printing press (c) the electric battery (d) the smallpox vaccine
  38. 38.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the telephone (b) the electric battery (c) the stethoscope (d) the first aeroplane
  40. 40.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. the printing press
  2. print many books
  3. compass
  4. Edward Jenner
  5. the first aeroplane
  6. False
  7. False
  8. True
  9. Alexander Graham Bell
  10. True
  11. Louis Braille
  12. Alessandro Volta
  13. see tiny germs
  14. the stethoscope
  15. True
  16. stethoscope
  17. clock
  18. René Laennec
  19. calculator
  20. False
  21. tell the time
  22. False
  23. False
  24. True
  25. telephone
  26. False
  27. talk to people far away
  28. X-rays
  29. microscope
  30. False
  31. True
  32. True
  33. hear the heartbeat
  34. the electric battery
  35. True
  36. printing press
  37. the smallpox vaccine
  38. False
  39. the telephone
  40. False

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