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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 323 · 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 did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the printing press (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the first aeroplane (d) the electric battery
  2. 2.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) raised-dot writing (c) the printing press (d) the electric battery
  3. 3.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: a compass helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) X-rays (b) the stethoscope (c) the electric battery (d) the telephone
  6. 6.What does a clock help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) see tiny germs (c) tell the time (d) print many books
  7. 7.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the telephone (c) penicillin (d) the stethoscope
  8. 8.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.What does a printing press help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) hear the heartbeat (c) print many books (d) measure body temperature
  10. 10.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) René Laennec (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Edward Jenner
  11. 11.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) print many books (b) do sums quickly (c) see tiny germs (d) measure body temperature
  12. 12.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) compass (b) thermometer (c) microscope (d) stethoscope
  13. 13.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Edward Jenner (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  14. 14.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) penicillin (c) the telephone (d) raised-dot writing
  15. 15.True or false: a stethoscope helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) penicillin (b) X-rays (c) the telephone (d) the electric battery
  18. 18.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) the Wright brothers (d) Louis Braille
  19. 19.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) telescope (b) compass (c) thermometer (d) telephone
  20. 20.True or false: René Laennec gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  22. 22.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) calculator (b) stethoscope (c) microscope (d) printing press
  23. 23.True or false: a stethoscope helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Louis Braille (d) René Laennec
  25. 25.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) compass (b) microscope (c) clock (d) telephone
  26. 26.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the printing press (b) the first aeroplane (c) the stethoscope (d) penicillin
  28. 28.What does a microscope help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) find directions (c) see tiny germs (d) hear the heartbeat
  29. 29.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) find directions (b) do sums quickly (c) measure body temperature (d) hear the heartbeat
  30. 30.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) thermometer (b) compass (c) printing press (d) stethoscope
  32. 32.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the telephone (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) penicillin (d) raised-dot writing
  35. 35.True or false: a stethoscope helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: a calculator helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) René Laennec (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alexander Fleming
  39. 39.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) René Laennec
  40. 40.What does a telephone help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) do sums quickly (c) tell the time (d) talk to people far away

Answer key

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

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