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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 302 · 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 compass help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) find directions (c) print many books (d) hear the heartbeat
  2. 2.True or false: a calculator helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Alexander Fleming
  4. 4.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) printing press (b) calculator (c) stethoscope (d) microscope
  5. 5.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) penicillin (b) raised-dot writing (c) the first aeroplane (d) the stethoscope
  6. 6.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) thermometer (b) clock (c) stethoscope (d) telephone
  7. 7.What does a telephone help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) see tiny germs (c) tell the time (d) talk to people far away
  8. 8.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Louis Braille (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  9. 9.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) the Wright brothers
  10. 10.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) stethoscope (b) printing press (c) compass (d) telephone
  11. 11.True or false: a telephone helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) talk to people far away (c) see tiny germs (d) see faraway stars
  13. 13.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Alessandro Volta
  16. 16.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Edward Jenner (b) René Laennec (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) the Wright brothers
  17. 17.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) talk to people far away (c) see faraway stars (d) do sums quickly
  18. 18.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) telephone (b) stethoscope (c) microscope (d) clock
  19. 19.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) penicillin (b) X-rays (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the first aeroplane
  21. 21.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the printing press (b) the stethoscope (c) raised-dot writing (d) the first aeroplane
  22. 22.True or false: a telescope helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) X-rays (b) the electric battery (c) raised-dot writing (d) the first aeroplane
  25. 25.What does a microscope help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) tell the time (c) print many books (d) hear the heartbeat
  26. 26.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Edward Jenner (b) René Laennec (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  27. 27.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) penicillin (c) the telephone (d) the stethoscope
  28. 28.True or false: a telescope helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: a stethoscope helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.What does a telescope help us do? (a) print many books (b) talk to people far away (c) see faraway stars (d) tell the time
  34. 34.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Edward Jenner (d) Louis Braille
  35. 35.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) thermometer (b) calculator (c) telephone (d) microscope
  37. 37.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) René Laennec
  39. 39.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the first aeroplane (c) raised-dot writing (d) X-rays
  40. 40.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) microscope (b) printing press (c) telephone (d) telescope

Answer key

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

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