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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 385 · 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 Edward Jenner give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the telephone (c) penicillin (d) the smallpox vaccine
  2. 2.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  3. 3.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the printing press (b) the stethoscope (c) the electric battery (d) raised-dot writing
  4. 4.What does a telephone help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) hear the heartbeat (c) measure body temperature (d) print many books
  5. 5.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) measure body temperature (c) hear the heartbeat (d) tell the time
  8. 8.What does a printing press help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) hear the heartbeat (c) talk to people far away (d) print many books
  9. 9.What does a telescope help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) tell the time (c) print many books (d) see faraway stars
  10. 10.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) René Laennec (b) Edward Jenner (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  11. 11.True or false: René Laennec gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) X-rays (b) the printing press (c) penicillin (d) the stethoscope
  14. 14.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) calculator (b) stethoscope (c) telescope (d) thermometer
  15. 15.What does a microscope help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) see tiny germs (c) tell the time (d) print many books
  16. 16.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) printing press (b) stethoscope (c) telescope (d) thermometer
  17. 17.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: a clock helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.What does a compass help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) measure body temperature (c) find directions (d) print many books
  20. 20.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the telephone (c) the printing press (d) the electric battery
  21. 21.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) X-rays (c) the electric battery (d) the first aeroplane
  23. 23.True or false: a printing press helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) X-rays (c) penicillin (d) the printing press
  25. 25.What does a calculator help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) find directions (c) do sums quickly (d) hear the heartbeat
  26. 26.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) René Laennec (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  27. 27.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) telephone (b) stethoscope (c) thermometer (d) clock
  28. 28.True or false: a compass helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Louis Braille (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Edward Jenner (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  31. 31.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) X-rays (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the first aeroplane
  34. 34.True or false: a telescope helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: a telephone helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: a clock helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) clock (b) calculator (c) compass (d) microscope
  39. 39.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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