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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 277 · 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) stethoscope (b) calculator (c) microscope (d) telephone
  2. 2.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) clock (b) telescope (c) compass (d) stethoscope
  3. 3.True or false: a telephone helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) penicillin (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the first aeroplane (d) the telephone
  6. 6.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) René Laennec (b) the Wright brothers (c) Edward Jenner (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  7. 7.What does a calculator help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) do sums quickly (c) hear the heartbeat (d) print many books
  8. 8.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Alessandro Volta (c) the Wright brothers (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  10. 10.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) clock (b) telephone (c) printing press (d) compass
  12. 12.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) see faraway stars (c) talk to people far away (d) hear the heartbeat
  14. 14.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) find directions (b) measure body temperature (c) tell the time (d) see tiny germs
  15. 15.What does a telescope help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) do sums quickly (c) see tiny germs (d) see faraway stars
  16. 16.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) René Laennec (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alexander Fleming
  17. 17.What does a printing press help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) see faraway stars (c) see tiny germs (d) print many books
  18. 18.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the printing press (b) the telephone (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) penicillin
  19. 19.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Edward Jenner (b) René Laennec (c) Louis Braille (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  20. 20.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) René Laennec (b) Alexander Fleming (c) the Wright brothers (d) Louis Braille
  21. 21.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Alessandro Volta
  22. 22.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the electric battery (c) penicillin (d) the telephone
  23. 23.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Edward Jenner (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  26. 26.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) telephone (b) telescope (c) clock (d) compass
  27. 27.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the telephone (c) the stethoscope (d) X-rays
  29. 29.What does a microscope help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) tell the time (c) see tiny germs (d) print many books
  30. 30.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the first aeroplane (c) the printing press (d) the telephone
  31. 31.True or false: a telescope helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: a microscope helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Alessandro Volta (d) René Laennec
  34. 34.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the printing press (c) raised-dot writing (d) penicillin
  36. 36.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) telescope (b) printing press (c) thermometer (d) compass
  38. 38.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.What does a clock help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) print many books (c) see tiny germs (d) tell the time
  40. 40.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. stethoscope
  2. telescope
  3. False
  4. True
  5. the telephone
  6. Johannes Gutenberg
  7. do sums quickly
  8. True
  9. Alexander Fleming
  10. True
  11. telephone
  12. False
  13. hear the heartbeat
  14. measure body temperature
  15. see faraway stars
  16. René Laennec
  17. print many books
  18. the printing press
  19. Louis Braille
  20. the Wright brothers
  21. Alessandro Volta
  22. penicillin
  23. False
  24. False
  25. Alexander Graham Bell
  26. compass
  27. False
  28. the stethoscope
  29. see tiny germs
  30. the first aeroplane
  31. True
  32. False
  33. Wilhelm Röntgen
  34. True
  35. raised-dot writing
  36. True
  37. thermometer
  38. True
  39. tell the time
  40. True

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