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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 326 · 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) tell the time (b) see tiny germs (c) print many books (d) measure body temperature
  2. 2.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) penicillin (b) the printing press (c) the first aeroplane (d) the telephone
  3. 3.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) stethoscope (b) printing press (c) clock (d) telephone
  4. 4.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) X-rays (b) penicillin (c) the stethoscope (d) the printing press
  5. 5.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) thermometer (b) stethoscope (c) calculator (d) microscope
  6. 6.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the telephone (c) penicillin (d) the stethoscope
  7. 7.What does a printing press help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) see tiny germs (c) print many books (d) hear the heartbeat
  8. 8.What does a calculator help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) talk to people far away (c) print many books (d) do sums quickly
  9. 9.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) René Laennec (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Louis Braille
  10. 10.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the printing press (c) the first aeroplane (d) X-rays
  11. 11.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Louis Braille (c) René Laennec (d) Alexander Fleming
  12. 12.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) talk to people far away (c) hear the heartbeat (d) do sums quickly
  16. 16.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Louis Braille (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) René Laennec (d) Edward Jenner
  18. 18.True or false: a compass helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) microscope (b) clock (c) stethoscope (d) telescope
  21. 21.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: a microscope helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the telephone (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) raised-dot writing
  25. 25.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) René Laennec (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alexander Fleming (d) the Wright brothers
  26. 26.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) telephone (b) clock (c) calculator (d) thermometer
  27. 27.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) the Wright brothers (c) René Laennec (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  29. 29.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Louis Braille (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) the Wright brothers
  30. 30.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) thermometer (b) printing press (c) telescope (d) calculator
  31. 31.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Louis Braille (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  32. 32.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) René Laennec (c) the Wright brothers (d) Edward Jenner
  33. 33.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) microscope (b) clock (c) stethoscope (d) telephone
  34. 34.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) thermometer (b) telephone (c) clock (d) microscope
  35. 35.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) René Laennec (d) the Wright brothers
  38. 38.What does a telephone help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) see tiny germs (c) talk to people far away (d) tell the time
  39. 39.True or false: a telescope helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the first aeroplane (c) the electric battery (d) penicillin

Answer key

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

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