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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 269 · 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 first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Louis Braille (b) the Wright brothers (c) René Laennec (d) Edward Jenner
  3. 3.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  4. 4.What does a printing press help us do? (a) print many books (b) do sums quickly (c) hear the heartbeat (d) see tiny germs
  5. 5.True or false: a microscope helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) telephone (b) telescope (c) compass (d) calculator
  7. 7.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: a telephone helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the printing press (b) the first aeroplane (c) the telephone (d) raised-dot writing
  15. 15.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the printing press (c) the electric battery (d) the telephone
  16. 16.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the printing press (c) the electric battery (d) the first aeroplane
  17. 17.What does a calculator help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) see faraway stars (c) do sums quickly (d) print many books
  18. 18.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) telescope (b) stethoscope (c) telephone (d) compass
  19. 19.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) X-rays (b) the stethoscope (c) raised-dot writing (d) the electric battery
  21. 21.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: a thermometer helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Louis Braille (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) René Laennec (d) Alessandro Volta
  26. 26.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.What does a telephone help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) hear the heartbeat (c) see tiny germs (d) talk to people far away
  28. 28.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Edward Jenner
  29. 29.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) René Laennec (d) Alexander Fleming
  30. 30.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the first aeroplane (c) the electric battery (d) X-rays
  31. 31.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Edward Jenner (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  32. 32.True or false: a printing press helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) the Wright brothers (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  34. 34.What does a clock help us do? (a) tell the time (b) see faraway stars (c) hear the heartbeat (d) see tiny germs
  35. 35.True or false: René Laennec gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.What does a compass help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) see faraway stars (c) find directions (d) talk to people far away
  37. 37.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the telephone (c) the first aeroplane (d) the electric battery
  38. 38.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) telephone (b) microscope (c) printing press (d) compass

Answer key

  1. False
  2. Louis Braille
  3. Johannes Gutenberg
  4. print many books
  5. False
  6. telescope
  7. True
  8. True
  9. True
  10. True
  11. True
  12. False
  13. False
  14. raised-dot writing
  15. the electric battery
  16. the printing press
  17. do sums quickly
  18. compass
  19. False
  20. X-rays
  21. True
  22. True
  23. False
  24. True
  25. Alessandro Volta
  26. False
  27. talk to people far away
  28. Alexander Graham Bell
  29. René Laennec
  30. the smallpox vaccine
  31. Alexander Fleming
  32. False
  33. the Wright brothers
  34. tell the time
  35. False
  36. find directions
  37. the telephone
  38. True
  39. True
  40. printing press

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