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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 334 · 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 clock help us do? (a) print many books (b) talk to people far away (c) do sums quickly (d) tell the time
  2. 2.What does a printing press help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) print many books (c) see tiny germs (d) find directions
  3. 3.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) telescope (b) clock (c) stethoscope (d) printing press
  4. 4.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the telephone (b) the electric battery (c) raised-dot writing (d) the printing press
  6. 6.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) clock (b) calculator (c) telephone (d) compass
  8. 8.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) calculator (b) printing press (c) thermometer (d) clock
  9. 9.What does a microscope help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) do sums quickly (c) see tiny germs (d) measure body temperature
  10. 10.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alexander Fleming
  11. 11.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) stethoscope (b) clock (c) microscope (d) compass
  12. 12.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) penicillin (c) the telephone (d) the electric battery
  15. 15.What does a telephone help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) print many books (c) hear the heartbeat (d) tell the time
  16. 16.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) René Laennec (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  17. 17.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) René Laennec (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  18. 18.True or false: a thermometer helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) print many books (c) hear the heartbeat (d) tell the time
  20. 20.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the telephone (b) raised-dot writing (c) the electric battery (d) the first aeroplane
  21. 21.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Louis Braille (b) the Wright brothers (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  24. 24.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) do sums quickly (c) measure body temperature (d) see faraway stars
  25. 25.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Edward Jenner
  26. 26.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) penicillin (d) the printing press
  27. 27.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the first aeroplane (c) the stethoscope (d) the smallpox vaccine
  28. 28.True or false: a compass helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.What does a calculator help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) tell the time (c) find directions (d) hear the heartbeat
  30. 30.True or false: a stethoscope helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the telephone (c) raised-dot writing (d) the smallpox vaccine
  32. 32.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the telephone (b) X-rays (c) penicillin (d) the first aeroplane
  33. 33.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) telephone (b) thermometer (c) compass (d) calculator
  34. 34.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) clock (b) stethoscope (c) telescope (d) printing press
  35. 35.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: a telescope helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) penicillin (b) the telephone (c) the printing press (d) the smallpox vaccine
  38. 38.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) X-rays (b) the telephone (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the first aeroplane
  40. 40.What does a compass help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) talk to people far away (c) find directions (d) hear the heartbeat

Answer key

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

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