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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 283 · 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 did René Laennec give us? (a) the electric battery (b) penicillin (c) the stethoscope (d) raised-dot writing
  2. 2.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) the Wright brothers (d) René Laennec
  3. 3.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) talk to people far away (c) measure body temperature (d) find directions
  4. 4.True or false: a compass helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Louis Braille
  6. 6.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.What does a clock help us do? (a) tell the time (b) print many books (c) talk to people far away (d) see tiny germs
  8. 8.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Louis Braille (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Alexander Fleming
  9. 9.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) telescope (b) printing press (c) calculator (d) thermometer
  10. 10.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) microscope (b) thermometer (c) clock (d) telescope
  11. 11.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.What does a compass help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) hear the heartbeat (c) talk to people far away (d) find directions
  13. 13.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Edward Jenner (d) the Wright brothers
  14. 14.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the printing press (c) the stethoscope (d) the smallpox vaccine
  16. 16.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) compass (b) telephone (c) microscope (d) telescope
  18. 18.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the printing press (b) penicillin (c) raised-dot writing (d) the stethoscope
  19. 19.What does a telescope help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) hear the heartbeat (c) talk to people far away (d) see tiny germs
  20. 20.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  22. 22.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Edward Jenner (b) the Wright brothers (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  23. 23.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) printing press (b) calculator (c) compass (d) telephone
  24. 24.True or false: a clock helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) compass (b) printing press (c) thermometer (d) telephone
  27. 27.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: a stethoscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) clock (b) compass (c) printing press (d) telephone
  30. 30.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: a printing press helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: a telephone helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: a stethoscope helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: a microscope helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) the Wright brothers (d) René Laennec
  37. 37.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) raised-dot writing (c) the printing press (d) the smallpox vaccine
  38. 38.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.What does a telephone help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) measure body temperature (c) print many books (d) find directions
  40. 40.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) microscope (b) thermometer (c) telescope (d) calculator

Answer key

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

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