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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

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

Answer key

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

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