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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 309 · 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 print many books. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) X-rays (b) the telephone (c) raised-dot writing (d) the printing press
  4. 4.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the printing press (b) the telephone (c) raised-dot writing (d) the electric battery
  5. 5.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Louis Braille (b) René Laennec (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) the Wright brothers
  6. 6.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) the Wright brothers (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Louis Braille
  8. 8.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Louis Braille (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  9. 9.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Alessandro Volta (d) the Wright brothers
  12. 12.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Alessandro Volta (c) the Wright brothers (d) Louis Braille
  13. 13.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Edward Jenner (d) René Laennec
  14. 14.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) microscope (b) telephone (c) compass (d) thermometer
  16. 16.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) see tiny germs (c) tell the time (d) find directions
  17. 17.What does a telescope help us do? (a) find directions (b) tell the time (c) measure body temperature (d) see faraway stars
  18. 18.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Edward Jenner
  19. 19.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: a telescope helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: a printing press helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.What does a printing press help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) find directions (c) tell the time (d) print many books
  23. 23.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) X-rays (c) the printing press (d) the telephone
  24. 24.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) penicillin (d) the telephone
  25. 25.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) thermometer (b) telescope (c) stethoscope (d) microscope
  26. 26.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) compass (b) microscope (c) telephone (d) thermometer
  27. 27.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) stethoscope (b) thermometer (c) telescope (d) microscope
  31. 31.True or false: a thermometer helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the first aeroplane (c) the telephone (d) the smallpox vaccine
  33. 33.True or false: a microscope helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) telescope (b) telephone (c) stethoscope (d) printing press
  35. 35.What does a compass help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) talk to people far away (c) hear the heartbeat (d) find directions
  36. 36.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the electric battery (b) raised-dot writing (c) X-rays (d) the printing press
  37. 37.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.What does a calculator help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) measure body temperature (c) hear the heartbeat (d) see tiny germs
  39. 39.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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