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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 310 · 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 clock help us do? (a) tell the time (b) measure body temperature (c) see faraway stars (d) hear the heartbeat
  2. 2.What does a microscope help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) find directions (c) see tiny germs (d) tell the time
  3. 3.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) the Wright brothers (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Louis Braille
  4. 4.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) René Laennec (d) the Wright brothers
  5. 5.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) René Laennec (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  6. 6.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) René Laennec (c) Louis Braille (d) the Wright brothers
  7. 7.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: a microscope helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.What does a telescope help us do? (a) tell the time (b) find directions (c) see faraway stars (d) print many books
  10. 10.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the telephone (b) the printing press (c) X-rays (d) the smallpox vaccine
  11. 11.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) find directions (b) see faraway stars (c) do sums quickly (d) measure body temperature
  13. 13.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.What does a telephone help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) talk to people far away (c) find directions (d) measure body temperature
  15. 15.True or false: a compass helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) the Wright brothers (b) René Laennec (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alessandro Volta
  17. 17.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) penicillin (b) raised-dot writing (c) the printing press (d) the telephone
  18. 18.What does a calculator help us do? (a) print many books (b) measure body temperature (c) find directions (d) do sums quickly
  19. 19.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) René Laennec (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alexander Fleming
  22. 22.True or false: Louis Braille gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: a telephone helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: a stethoscope helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) telephone (b) printing press (c) clock (d) compass
  26. 26.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) calculator (b) thermometer (c) stethoscope (d) telescope
  27. 27.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) telescope (b) stethoscope (c) thermometer (d) clock
  28. 28.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) penicillin (b) the first aeroplane (c) the printing press (d) the telephone
  29. 29.True or false: a clock helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the printing press (c) the first aeroplane (d) raised-dot writing
  31. 31.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Edward Jenner (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  32. 32.True or false: a telephone helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.What does a printing press help us do? (a) tell the time (b) do sums quickly (c) talk to people far away (d) print many books
  34. 34.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the electric battery (b) raised-dot writing (c) the printing press (d) the smallpox vaccine
  35. 35.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Edward Jenner (d) the Wright brothers
  37. 37.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) the Wright brothers (c) Louis Braille (d) Alessandro Volta
  39. 39.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) telephone (b) clock (c) stethoscope (d) telescope

Answer key

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

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