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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 312 · 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 thermometer help us do? (a) print many books (b) talk to people far away (c) tell the time (d) measure body temperature
  2. 2.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) calculator (b) thermometer (c) clock (d) telescope
  4. 4.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the telephone (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the printing press
  6. 6.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) printing press (b) compass (c) stethoscope (d) telephone
  7. 7.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) talk to people far away (c) hear the heartbeat (d) measure body temperature
  8. 8.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the telephone (c) the stethoscope (d) the printing press
  9. 9.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) René Laennec (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Louis Braille (d) the Wright brothers
  10. 10.True or false: a microscope helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) X-rays (b) raised-dot writing (c) the stethoscope (d) the printing press
  12. 12.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) telephone (b) telescope (c) compass (d) thermometer
  14. 14.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) René Laennec (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  15. 15.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) raised-dot writing (c) the stethoscope (d) the telephone
  17. 17.True or false: a thermometer helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) printing press (b) telephone (c) stethoscope (d) thermometer
  19. 19.True or false: a thermometer helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) the Wright brothers (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  21. 21.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Louis Braille (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Edward Jenner
  22. 22.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Edward Jenner (c) René Laennec (d) Louis Braille
  23. 23.What does a calculator help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) hear the heartbeat (c) see tiny germs (d) talk to people far away
  24. 24.What did René Laennec give us? (a) X-rays (b) the stethoscope (c) penicillin (d) the first aeroplane
  25. 25.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) telephone (b) printing press (c) calculator (d) telescope
  26. 26.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the printing press (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) raised-dot writing (d) the telephone
  29. 29.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) the Wright brothers (d) Edward Jenner
  30. 30.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.What does a telescope help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) measure body temperature (c) see faraway stars (d) tell the time
  32. 32.True or false: a telescope helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) thermometer (b) microscope (c) stethoscope (d) telephone
  34. 34.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.What does a compass help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) tell the time (c) find directions (d) measure body temperature
  36. 36.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) X-rays (b) penicillin (c) the stethoscope (d) the telephone
  38. 38.What does a telephone help us do? (a) find directions (b) see tiny germs (c) print many books (d) talk to people far away
  39. 39.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) penicillin (b) the telephone (c) raised-dot writing (d) the electric battery
  40. 40.True or false: a telescope helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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