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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 329 · 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) penicillin (b) the printing press (c) raised-dot writing (d) the telephone
  2. 2.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the first aeroplane (c) X-rays (d) penicillin
  3. 3.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.What does a compass help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) measure body temperature (c) do sums quickly (d) find directions
  6. 6.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) printing press (b) stethoscope (c) microscope (d) compass
  7. 7.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  8. 8.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) clock (b) compass (c) calculator (d) printing press
  9. 9.True or false: a stethoscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) calculator (b) compass (c) telescope (d) printing press
  12. 12.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) penicillin (b) the stethoscope (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) raised-dot writing
  13. 13.What does a telephone help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) find directions (c) talk to people far away (d) do sums quickly
  14. 14.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the electric battery (b) X-rays (c) the printing press (d) the stethoscope
  15. 15.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) René Laennec (c) Alexander Fleming (d) the Wright brothers
  16. 16.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Edward Jenner (c) Louis Braille (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  17. 17.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Edward Jenner (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  18. 18.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) thermometer (b) clock (c) printing press (d) stethoscope
  19. 19.True or false: a printing press helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) microscope (b) stethoscope (c) clock (d) compass
  21. 21.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) stethoscope (b) thermometer (c) calculator (d) printing press
  22. 22.True or false: a clock helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) calculator (b) thermometer (c) clock (d) telephone
  24. 24.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the printing press (b) the first aeroplane (c) raised-dot writing (d) the electric battery
  25. 25.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the telephone (b) the first aeroplane (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the printing press
  27. 27.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  28. 28.True or false: a telescope helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.What does a calculator help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) talk to people far away (c) tell the time (d) do sums quickly
  31. 31.True or false: a telescope helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: a telephone helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) print many books (b) measure body temperature (c) see tiny germs (d) tell the time
  35. 35.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) find directions (c) see tiny germs (d) hear the heartbeat
  36. 36.True or false: a stethoscope helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: a printing press helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: a printing press helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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