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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 236 · 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.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.What does a telephone help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) tell the time (c) see faraway stars (d) hear the heartbeat
  4. 4.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the stethoscope (c) the printing press (d) the first aeroplane
  5. 5.What does a microscope help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) find directions (c) tell the time (d) hear the heartbeat
  6. 6.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) penicillin (d) raised-dot writing
  7. 7.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) printing press (b) telescope (c) calculator (d) stethoscope
  8. 8.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) X-rays (b) the first aeroplane (c) raised-dot writing (d) the telephone
  9. 9.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the printing press (b) the stethoscope (c) X-rays (d) the telephone
  10. 10.What did René Laennec give us? (a) X-rays (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) raised-dot writing (d) the stethoscope
  11. 11.True or false: a printing press helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.What does a calculator help us do? (a) tell the time (b) do sums quickly (c) find directions (d) print many books
  13. 13.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) X-rays (b) the stethoscope (c) the telephone (d) raised-dot writing
  15. 15.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) find directions (c) see tiny germs (d) hear the heartbeat
  16. 16.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) René Laennec (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Edward Jenner (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  17. 17.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) the Wright brothers (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alessandro Volta
  18. 18.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) compass (b) telephone (c) thermometer (d) telescope
  19. 19.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Louis Braille (b) René Laennec (c) Alessandro Volta (d) the Wright brothers
  21. 21.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) René Laennec (c) Louis Braille (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  23. 23.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.What does a compass help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) find directions (c) talk to people far away (d) measure body temperature
  26. 26.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  28. 28.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alexander Fleming (c) René Laennec (d) Edward Jenner
  29. 29.True or false: a printing press helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) microscope (b) printing press (c) telescope (d) telephone
  31. 31.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: a microscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: a clock helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) telephone (b) clock (c) stethoscope (d) telescope
  35. 35.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) thermometer (b) stethoscope (c) telephone (d) telescope
  36. 36.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Edward Jenner (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  37. 37.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) penicillin (b) X-rays (c) raised-dot writing (d) the printing press
  39. 39.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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