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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 299 · 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.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) René Laennec (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Alessandro Volta
  2. 2.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Louis Braille (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alexander Fleming
  3. 3.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) thermometer (b) compass (c) telephone (d) printing press
  4. 4.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) telescope (b) clock (c) calculator (d) thermometer
  5. 5.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) calculator (b) clock (c) stethoscope (d) microscope
  8. 8.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alexander Fleming
  9. 9.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) X-rays (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the stethoscope
  10. 10.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) telescope (b) microscope (c) clock (d) telephone
  11. 11.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) clock (b) telescope (c) stethoscope (d) telephone
  12. 12.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) telephone (b) telescope (c) printing press (d) microscope
  13. 13.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) penicillin (b) the printing press (c) the first aeroplane (d) the telephone
  14. 14.What does a microscope help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) talk to people far away (c) see faraway stars (d) see tiny germs
  15. 15.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the telephone (d) the printing press
  16. 16.True or false: a telephone helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: a calculator helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Louis Braille (b) Edward Jenner (c) René Laennec (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  19. 19.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) René Laennec (b) Louis Braille (c) Edward Jenner (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  21. 21.True or false: a compass helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) X-rays (b) the stethoscope (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the printing press
  23. 23.True or false: a clock helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.What does a printing press help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) do sums quickly (c) print many books (d) tell the time
  25. 25.True or false: a telescope helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: a stethoscope helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) raised-dot writing (c) the telephone (d) the electric battery
  28. 28.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the first aeroplane (c) the stethoscope (d) the printing press
  30. 30.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) see faraway stars (c) see tiny germs (d) tell the time
  32. 32.What does a calculator help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) hear the heartbeat (c) tell the time (d) do sums quickly
  33. 33.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) René Laennec (d) Edward Jenner
  34. 34.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) calculator (b) printing press (c) telescope (d) clock
  35. 35.True or false: a printing press helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) hear the heartbeat (c) find directions (d) talk to people far away
  37. 37.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  40. 40.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the first aeroplane (c) the printing press (d) the smallpox vaccine

Answer key

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

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