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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 307 · 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: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alexander Fleming
  5. 5.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) telescope (b) compass (c) telephone (d) stethoscope
  6. 6.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) penicillin (b) the stethoscope (c) the first aeroplane (d) the printing press
  7. 7.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Louis Braille (b) René Laennec (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Alexander Fleming
  8. 8.True or false: a calculator helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) the Wright brothers (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) René Laennec
  11. 11.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the telephone (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) penicillin (d) the electric battery
  12. 12.True or false: a compass helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Alexander Fleming (d) René Laennec
  14. 14.True or false: a telescope helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the first aeroplane (c) the stethoscope (d) the smallpox vaccine
  16. 16.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the stethoscope (c) raised-dot writing (d) the printing press
  17. 17.What does a calculator help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) talk to people far away (c) measure body temperature (d) do sums quickly
  18. 18.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  19. 19.What does a microscope help us do? (a) find directions (b) see tiny germs (c) do sums quickly (d) tell the time
  20. 20.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.What does a clock help us do? (a) find directions (b) do sums quickly (c) tell the time (d) see tiny germs
  22. 22.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.What does a telescope help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) print many books (c) see faraway stars (d) talk to people far away
  24. 24.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alessandro Volta
  25. 25.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Louis Braille (c) the Wright brothers (d) René Laennec
  26. 26.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the telephone (b) penicillin (c) raised-dot writing (d) the printing press
  27. 27.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) printing press (b) telescope (c) compass (d) telephone
  29. 29.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Louis Braille (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Edward Jenner
  31. 31.What does a telephone help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) find directions (c) talk to people far away (d) do sums quickly
  32. 32.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) penicillin (c) the printing press (d) raised-dot writing
  34. 34.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) penicillin (b) the electric battery (c) the telephone (d) raised-dot writing
  35. 35.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) calculator (b) microscope (c) thermometer (d) compass
  36. 36.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) microscope (b) telephone (c) compass (d) stethoscope
  37. 37.What does a printing press help us do? (a) print many books (b) hear the heartbeat (c) talk to people far away (d) see faraway stars
  38. 38.True or false: a telescope helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) microscope (b) printing press (c) stethoscope (d) clock

Answer key

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

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