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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 383 · 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 stethoscope? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Alessandro Volta (c) René Laennec (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  2. 2.True or false: a thermometer helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.What does a printing press help us do? (a) tell the time (b) print many books (c) see tiny germs (d) see faraway stars
  4. 4.True or false: a telescope helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: a clock helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Louis Braille (b) Edward Jenner (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alessandro Volta
  7. 7.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) raised-dot writing (c) penicillin (d) X-rays
  8. 8.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) René Laennec (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Edward Jenner
  10. 10.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) stethoscope (b) compass (c) telephone (d) printing press
  11. 11.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) microscope (b) calculator (c) thermometer (d) telephone
  12. 12.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) print many books (b) do sums quickly (c) measure body temperature (d) see tiny germs
  13. 13.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) clock (b) printing press (c) thermometer (d) stethoscope
  14. 14.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  16. 16.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) see tiny germs (c) tell the time (d) hear the heartbeat
  17. 17.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) René Laennec (d) Louis Braille
  18. 18.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) X-rays (c) the first aeroplane (d) the electric battery
  19. 19.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Louis Braille (c) René Laennec (d) Alexander Fleming
  22. 22.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) thermometer (b) stethoscope (c) printing press (d) telescope
  23. 23.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) X-rays (b) the telephone (c) raised-dot writing (d) the electric battery
  24. 24.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.What does a clock help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) do sums quickly (c) print many books (d) tell the time
  26. 26.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) clock (b) stethoscope (c) telephone (d) telescope
  27. 27.What does a microscope help us do? (a) find directions (b) hear the heartbeat (c) measure body temperature (d) see tiny germs
  28. 28.What does a telescope help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) find directions (c) see tiny germs (d) see faraway stars
  29. 29.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) René Laennec (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  31. 31.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: a telescope helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: a compass helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) printing press (b) telescope (c) calculator (d) telephone
  35. 35.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) compass (b) telephone (c) telescope (d) microscope
  36. 36.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: a telescope helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.What does a calculator help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) tell the time (c) do sums quickly (d) find directions

Answer key

  1. René Laennec
  2. False
  3. print many books
  4. False
  5. False
  6. Alessandro Volta
  7. X-rays
  8. True
  9. Wilhelm Röntgen
  10. stethoscope
  11. microscope
  12. measure body temperature
  13. thermometer
  14. True
  15. Edward Jenner
  16. hear the heartbeat
  17. Johannes Gutenberg
  18. the first aeroplane
  19. True
  20. True
  21. Louis Braille
  22. printing press
  23. raised-dot writing
  24. True
  25. tell the time
  26. telescope
  27. see tiny germs
  28. see faraway stars
  29. True
  30. Alexander Graham Bell
  31. True
  32. False
  33. False
  34. calculator
  35. telephone
  36. False
  37. False
  38. False
  39. False
  40. do sums quickly

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