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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 354 · 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.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Edward Jenner
  2. 2.What does a clock help us do? (a) tell the time (b) hear the heartbeat (c) see tiny germs (d) print many books
  3. 3.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Louis Braille (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) the Wright brothers
  4. 4.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) penicillin (b) the first aeroplane (c) the telephone (d) the electric battery
  5. 5.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) thermometer (b) telescope (c) clock (d) printing press
  6. 6.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) thermometer (b) stethoscope (c) clock (d) compass
  8. 8.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the telephone (b) X-rays (c) the printing press (d) the smallpox vaccine
  9. 9.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the printing press (b) penicillin (c) the telephone (d) the smallpox vaccine
  10. 10.What does a printing press help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) talk to people far away (c) do sums quickly (d) print many books
  11. 11.What did René Laennec give us? (a) X-rays (b) the first aeroplane (c) the electric battery (d) the stethoscope
  12. 12.True or false: a telescope helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) stethoscope (b) telephone (c) calculator (d) microscope
  14. 14.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the printing press (c) the electric battery (d) raised-dot writing
  15. 15.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Edward Jenner (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  16. 16.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alessandro Volta
  18. 18.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) printing press (b) clock (c) telescope (d) compass
  19. 19.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the printing press (b) X-rays (c) the telephone (d) raised-dot writing
  20. 20.True or false: a thermometer helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) stethoscope (b) clock (c) microscope (d) telephone
  22. 22.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) calculator (b) printing press (c) stethoscope (d) telescope
  24. 24.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) X-rays (b) the printing press (c) the first aeroplane (d) penicillin
  25. 25.What does a telephone help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) talk to people far away (c) print many books (d) tell the time
  26. 26.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  28. 28.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the telephone (b) penicillin (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the printing press
  30. 30.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) microscope (b) clock (c) stethoscope (d) thermometer
  31. 31.What does a calculator help us do? (a) find directions (b) see faraway stars (c) do sums quickly (d) hear the heartbeat
  32. 32.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) René Laennec (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  33. 33.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Louis Braille (c) René Laennec (d) Edward Jenner
  35. 35.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) telescope (b) clock (c) telephone (d) microscope
  36. 36.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) talk to people far away (c) see faraway stars (d) find directions
  38. 38.What does a telescope help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) hear the heartbeat (c) see faraway stars (d) tell the time
  39. 39.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) penicillin (b) the printing press (c) raised-dot writing (d) X-rays
  40. 40.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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