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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 324 · 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.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  2. 2.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the printing press (b) X-rays (c) the electric battery (d) the first aeroplane
  3. 3.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Louis Braille (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  4. 4.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) compass (b) thermometer (c) telephone (d) calculator
  5. 5.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the telephone (c) raised-dot writing (d) the printing press
  7. 7.What does a telephone help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) tell the time (c) talk to people far away (d) measure body temperature
  8. 8.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Louis Braille (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) the Wright brothers
  9. 9.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.What does a printing press help us do? (a) find directions (b) print many books (c) see faraway stars (d) do sums quickly
  12. 12.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) penicillin (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the telephone (d) the first aeroplane
  14. 14.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) compass (b) printing press (c) clock (d) telescope
  15. 15.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) microscope (b) thermometer (c) clock (d) stethoscope
  16. 16.True or false: a compass helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Louis Braille (c) the Wright brothers (d) René Laennec
  20. 20.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: René Laennec gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) René Laennec (b) Edward Jenner (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alessandro Volta
  23. 23.What does a calculator help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) print many books (c) measure body temperature (d) find directions
  24. 24.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) clock (b) calculator (c) compass (d) microscope
  25. 25.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) calculator (b) microscope (c) stethoscope (d) telescope
  26. 26.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Louis Braille (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alexander Fleming
  27. 27.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: a telescope helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) X-rays (b) raised-dot writing (c) the telephone (d) the electric battery
  30. 30.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.What does a compass help us do? (a) tell the time (b) see tiny germs (c) hear the heartbeat (d) find directions
  32. 32.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the printing press (b) penicillin (c) X-rays (d) the first aeroplane
  35. 35.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) thermometer (b) microscope (c) stethoscope (d) telephone
  36. 36.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) talk to people far away (c) print many books (d) hear the heartbeat
  37. 37.What does a microscope help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) see faraway stars (c) measure body temperature (d) talk to people far away
  38. 38.True or false: a clock helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) microscope (b) thermometer (c) printing press (d) telephone
  40. 40.True or false: a telephone helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Edward Jenner
  2. the printing press
  3. Johannes Gutenberg
  4. telephone
  5. False
  6. the first aeroplane
  7. talk to people far away
  8. Alexander Graham Bell
  9. True
  10. False
  11. print many books
  12. True
  13. the smallpox vaccine
  14. clock
  15. microscope
  16. False
  17. True
  18. True
  19. Louis Braille
  20. False
  21. False
  22. Alessandro Volta
  23. do sums quickly
  24. compass
  25. telescope
  26. Alexander Fleming
  27. False
  28. True
  29. the electric battery
  30. True
  31. find directions
  32. True
  33. False
  34. penicillin
  35. thermometer
  36. hear the heartbeat
  37. see tiny germs
  38. False
  39. printing press
  40. False

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