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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 268 · 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.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) telephone (b) microscope (c) stethoscope (d) printing press
  2. 2.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Louis Braille (b) Edward Jenner (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  3. 3.True or false: a telescope helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.What does a microscope help us do? (a) print many books (b) see tiny germs (c) measure body temperature (d) hear the heartbeat
  5. 5.True or false: René Laennec gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) compass (b) telephone (c) printing press (d) clock
  7. 7.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) measure body temperature (c) talk to people far away (d) find directions
  8. 8.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) penicillin (c) raised-dot writing (d) the first aeroplane
  9. 9.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) X-rays (b) the stethoscope (c) the first aeroplane (d) penicillin
  10. 10.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the electric battery (b) X-rays (c) the first aeroplane (d) the telephone
  11. 11.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the telephone (b) the printing press (c) raised-dot writing (d) penicillin
  12. 12.What does a compass help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) find directions (c) print many books (d) hear the heartbeat
  13. 13.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) René Laennec (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alessandro Volta
  14. 14.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) stethoscope (b) printing press (c) compass (d) telephone
  15. 15.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Louis Braille (d) the Wright brothers
  16. 16.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.What does a telephone help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) print many books (c) find directions (d) do sums quickly
  19. 19.What does a clock help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) talk to people far away (c) see tiny germs (d) tell the time
  20. 20.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.What does a calculator help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) hear the heartbeat (c) tell the time (d) do sums quickly
  23. 23.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) clock (b) stethoscope (c) thermometer (d) printing press
  24. 24.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: a clock helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) X-rays (c) the printing press (d) the first aeroplane
  28. 28.What does a telescope help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) see faraway stars (c) do sums quickly (d) see tiny germs
  29. 29.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) telescope (b) microscope (c) clock (d) calculator
  30. 30.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Louis Braille
  31. 31.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) printing press (b) telescope (c) microscope (d) compass
  34. 34.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the printing press (b) raised-dot writing (c) the telephone (d) X-rays
  35. 35.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: a printing press helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Louis Braille (b) Edward Jenner (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) René Laennec
  39. 39.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) penicillin (c) raised-dot writing (d) X-rays
  40. 40.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. stethoscope
  2. Edward Jenner
  3. False
  4. see tiny germs
  5. False
  6. compass
  7. measure body temperature
  8. the first aeroplane
  9. X-rays
  10. the electric battery
  11. the telephone
  12. find directions
  13. René Laennec
  14. telephone
  15. Alexander Fleming
  16. True
  17. True
  18. talk to people far away
  19. tell the time
  20. False
  21. False
  22. do sums quickly
  23. clock
  24. False
  25. True
  26. False
  27. raised-dot writing
  28. see faraway stars
  29. telescope
  30. Wilhelm Röntgen
  31. True
  32. True
  33. microscope
  34. the printing press
  35. True
  36. False
  37. False
  38. Louis Braille
  39. penicillin
  40. True

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