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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 238 · 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 printing press? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) René Laennec (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  2. 2.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) telescope (b) thermometer (c) clock (d) printing press
  4. 4.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) clock (b) compass (c) stethoscope (d) printing press
  5. 5.What does a telephone help us do? (a) tell the time (b) talk to people far away (c) see faraway stars (d) find directions
  6. 6.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the electric battery (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) penicillin
  8. 8.True or false: a microscope helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) René Laennec
  10. 10.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Edward Jenner (c) René Laennec (d) the Wright brothers
  11. 11.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the electric battery (c) raised-dot writing (d) the first aeroplane
  12. 12.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  14. 14.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the telephone (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the electric battery (d) the printing press
  15. 15.What does a printing press help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) measure body temperature (c) print many books (d) see tiny germs
  16. 16.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the first aeroplane (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the stethoscope
  18. 18.What does a clock help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) tell the time (c) see faraway stars (d) talk to people far away
  19. 19.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: a thermometer helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) compass (b) telescope (c) clock (d) stethoscope
  22. 22.True or false: René Laennec gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Alexander Fleming (c) the Wright brothers (d) Edward Jenner
  24. 24.What does a telescope help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) see faraway stars (c) tell the time (d) do sums quickly
  25. 25.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the telephone (b) the first aeroplane (c) the printing press (d) the electric battery
  26. 26.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) stethoscope (b) printing press (c) telephone (d) telescope
  28. 28.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) telephone (b) clock (c) telescope (d) microscope
  30. 30.True or false: a telescope helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) print many books (c) tell the time (d) measure body temperature
  33. 33.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) microscope (b) telephone (c) clock (d) stethoscope
  35. 35.True or false: a clock helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) stethoscope (b) clock (c) calculator (d) compass
  37. 37.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the telephone (d) penicillin
  38. 38.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) René Laennec (c) Edward Jenner (d) Louis Braille
  39. 39.True or false: a calculator helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Johannes Gutenberg
  2. True
  3. clock
  4. printing press
  5. talk to people far away
  6. False
  7. penicillin
  8. False
  9. René Laennec
  10. the Wright brothers
  11. the electric battery
  12. True
  13. Alexander Graham Bell
  14. the telephone
  15. print many books
  16. True
  17. the first aeroplane
  18. tell the time
  19. False
  20. False
  21. compass
  22. False
  23. Alexander Fleming
  24. see faraway stars
  25. the printing press
  26. True
  27. telephone
  28. True
  29. microscope
  30. True
  31. True
  32. measure body temperature
  33. True
  34. stethoscope
  35. False
  36. calculator
  37. the smallpox vaccine
  38. Edward Jenner
  39. False
  40. True

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