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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 341 · 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 the Wright brothers give us? (a) the printing press (b) the first aeroplane (c) the telephone (d) the smallpox vaccine
  2. 2.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the printing press (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the telephone
  3. 3.True or false: a stethoscope helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) compass (b) thermometer (c) stethoscope (d) telephone
  5. 5.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) compass (b) telephone (c) microscope (d) thermometer
  7. 7.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) René Laennec (c) the Wright brothers (d) Edward Jenner
  8. 8.True or false: a telephone helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  10. 10.What does a compass help us do? (a) find directions (b) see faraway stars (c) tell the time (d) hear the heartbeat
  11. 11.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) clock (b) compass (c) calculator (d) microscope
  12. 12.True or false: a printing press helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) calculator (b) clock (c) compass (d) thermometer
  14. 14.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Louis Braille
  17. 17.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) printing press (b) telescope (c) calculator (d) telephone
  18. 18.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) print many books (b) tell the time (c) do sums quickly (d) hear the heartbeat
  19. 19.What does a microscope help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) tell the time (c) see tiny germs (d) talk to people far away
  20. 20.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the stethoscope (c) the printing press (d) the telephone
  21. 21.What does a clock help us do? (a) tell the time (b) see tiny germs (c) talk to people far away (d) do sums quickly
  22. 22.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) stethoscope (b) compass (c) telephone (d) printing press
  24. 24.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) penicillin (b) the printing press (c) X-rays (d) the stethoscope
  25. 25.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Louis Braille (b) the Wright brothers (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Edward Jenner
  26. 26.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) telescope (b) microscope (c) calculator (d) telephone
  27. 27.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) the Wright brothers (c) René Laennec (d) Louis Braille
  28. 28.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) the Wright brothers (b) René Laennec (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  30. 30.What does a telephone help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) measure body temperature (c) talk to people far away (d) find directions
  31. 31.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: a clock helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) measure body temperature (c) do sums quickly (d) find directions
  34. 34.True or false: a telephone helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.What does a printing press help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) talk to people far away (c) print many books (d) find directions
  36. 36.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) René Laennec (c) Louis Braille (d) Alessandro Volta
  38. 38.True or false: a calculator helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.What does a calculator help us do? (a) tell the time (b) see tiny germs (c) hear the heartbeat (d) do sums quickly
  40. 40.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Edward Jenner (c) René Laennec (d) Alexander Graham Bell

Answer key

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

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