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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 336 · 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.True or false: a stethoscope helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) compass (b) microscope (c) telephone (d) thermometer
  3. 3.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Edward Jenner (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  4. 4.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the electric battery (b) raised-dot writing (c) X-rays (d) the printing press
  6. 6.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) penicillin (b) X-rays (c) the first aeroplane (d) the stethoscope
  7. 7.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the telephone (b) the electric battery (c) X-rays (d) the smallpox vaccine
  9. 9.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Louis Braille (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) René Laennec
  10. 10.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) X-rays (c) the printing press (d) the telephone
  11. 11.What does a telephone help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) tell the time (c) find directions (d) talk to people far away
  12. 12.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the first aeroplane (c) X-rays (d) the stethoscope
  13. 13.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: a microscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) measure body temperature (c) print many books (d) do sums quickly
  17. 17.True or false: a thermometer helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) stethoscope (b) printing press (c) telephone (d) compass
  19. 19.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) printing press (b) telescope (c) calculator (d) stethoscope
  20. 20.What does a calculator help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) print many books (c) see tiny germs (d) do sums quickly
  21. 21.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Louis Braille (d) Edward Jenner
  23. 23.True or false: a telescope helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) raised-dot writing (d) the first aeroplane
  25. 25.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the first aeroplane (c) raised-dot writing (d) the telephone
  29. 29.What does a compass help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) talk to people far away (c) hear the heartbeat (d) find directions
  30. 30.True or false: a clock helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) the Wright brothers (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Edward Jenner
  33. 33.What does a printing press help us do? (a) print many books (b) hear the heartbeat (c) talk to people far away (d) do sums quickly
  34. 34.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: a thermometer helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) microscope (b) printing press (c) telescope (d) telephone
  40. 40.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. False
  2. telephone
  3. Johannes Gutenberg
  4. True
  5. the printing press
  6. X-rays
  7. True
  8. the electric battery
  9. Alexander Fleming
  10. the smallpox vaccine
  11. talk to people far away
  12. the first aeroplane
  13. False
  14. True
  15. False
  16. measure body temperature
  17. False
  18. printing press
  19. stethoscope
  20. do sums quickly
  21. False
  22. Wilhelm Röntgen
  23. False
  24. raised-dot writing
  25. True
  26. False
  27. True
  28. the telephone
  29. find directions
  30. False
  31. True
  32. the Wright brothers
  33. print many books
  34. False
  35. False
  36. False
  37. False
  38. True
  39. telescope
  40. True

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