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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 278 · 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.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) talk to people far away (c) print many books (d) hear the heartbeat
  2. 2.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) calculator (b) stethoscope (c) microscope (d) telephone
  3. 3.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Edward Jenner (c) Louis Braille (d) René Laennec
  4. 4.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) compass (b) thermometer (c) printing press (d) stethoscope
  5. 5.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) clock (b) thermometer (c) microscope (d) calculator
  6. 6.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.What does a microscope help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) see tiny germs (c) talk to people far away (d) do sums quickly
  8. 8.What does a telephone help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) see tiny germs (c) do sums quickly (d) hear the heartbeat
  9. 9.True or false: a telephone helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the electric battery (b) X-rays (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the stethoscope
  11. 11.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) penicillin (c) the electric battery (d) the stethoscope
  12. 12.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the telephone (c) penicillin (d) X-rays
  13. 13.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) raised-dot writing (c) the stethoscope (d) the telephone
  15. 15.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Louis Braille (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alessandro Volta
  16. 16.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Louis Braille (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) the Wright brothers
  17. 17.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) René Laennec (c) Edward Jenner (d) Louis Braille
  18. 18.True or false: a telescope helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) thermometer (b) telephone (c) telescope (d) clock
  20. 20.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) telephone (b) calculator (c) microscope (d) telescope
  22. 22.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.What does a telescope help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) measure body temperature (c) hear the heartbeat (d) see faraway stars
  24. 24.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Louis Braille (d) the Wright brothers
  26. 26.What does a calculator help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) do sums quickly (c) hear the heartbeat (d) talk to people far away
  27. 27.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) microscope (b) telescope (c) telephone (d) thermometer
  28. 28.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Edward Jenner (b) René Laennec (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) the Wright brothers
  29. 29.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the printing press (b) the telephone (c) X-rays (d) the smallpox vaccine
  30. 30.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.What does a compass help us do? (a) tell the time (b) measure body temperature (c) find directions (d) talk to people far away
  32. 32.What does a clock help us do? (a) tell the time (b) talk to people far away (c) print many books (d) hear the heartbeat
  33. 33.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Louis Braille (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) the Wright brothers
  34. 34.True or false: a printing press helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: a calculator helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: a thermometer helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  38. 38.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.What does a printing press help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) print many books (c) tell the time (d) do sums quickly
  40. 40.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alexander Fleming

Answer key

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

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