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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 232 · 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 the first aeroplane? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Edward Jenner (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  2. 2.What does a calculator help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) talk to people far away (c) measure body temperature (d) do sums quickly
  3. 3.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  5. 5.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) X-rays (b) penicillin (c) the telephone (d) the printing press
  6. 6.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) stethoscope (b) telephone (c) printing press (d) microscope
  7. 7.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) the Wright brothers
  8. 8.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) print many books (b) measure body temperature (c) see faraway stars (d) find directions
  9. 9.What does a telephone help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) see faraway stars (c) do sums quickly (d) talk to people far away
  10. 10.True or false: a stethoscope helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) penicillin (b) the telephone (c) the electric battery (d) raised-dot writing
  12. 12.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) stethoscope (b) telephone (c) printing press (d) thermometer
  13. 13.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the telephone (d) penicillin
  14. 14.True or false: a microscope helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: a telephone helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) penicillin (c) the telephone (d) the electric battery
  18. 18.True or false: a printing press helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) René Laennec
  20. 20.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) stethoscope (b) thermometer (c) telephone (d) microscope
  21. 21.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) René Laennec (c) Louis Braille (d) Edward Jenner
  22. 22.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the first aeroplane (c) the stethoscope (d) the printing press
  24. 24.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.What did René Laennec give us? (a) X-rays (b) the stethoscope (c) the first aeroplane (d) the printing press
  26. 26.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) print many books (b) talk to people far away (c) hear the heartbeat (d) tell the time
  28. 28.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: a telephone helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: a thermometer helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: a stethoscope helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) printing press (b) microscope (c) calculator (d) clock
  33. 33.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the telephone (b) raised-dot writing (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the electric battery
  34. 34.True or false: a thermometer helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Louis Braille (b) René Laennec (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  37. 37.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) compass (b) calculator (c) printing press (d) clock
  38. 38.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Louis Braille (d) the Wright brothers
  40. 40.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the first aeroplane (c) X-rays (d) penicillin

Answer key

  1. the Wright brothers
  2. do sums quickly
  3. True
  4. Wilhelm Röntgen
  5. penicillin
  6. microscope
  7. Alexander Graham Bell
  8. measure body temperature
  9. talk to people far away
  10. False
  11. the telephone
  12. telephone
  13. the smallpox vaccine
  14. False
  15. False
  16. True
  17. the electric battery
  18. False
  19. René Laennec
  20. stethoscope
  21. Edward Jenner
  22. True
  23. the printing press
  24. True
  25. the stethoscope
  26. True
  27. hear the heartbeat
  28. False
  29. False
  30. False
  31. False
  32. calculator
  33. raised-dot writing
  34. False
  35. False
  36. Johannes Gutenberg
  37. compass
  38. False
  39. Louis Braille
  40. the first aeroplane

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