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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 386 · 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 Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the stethoscope (c) the printing press (d) X-rays
  2. 2.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) René Laennec (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  4. 4.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) compass (b) printing press (c) calculator (d) clock
  5. 5.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) X-rays (b) the stethoscope (c) the first aeroplane (d) the electric battery
  6. 6.What does a printing press help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) talk to people far away (c) see tiny germs (d) print many books
  7. 7.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) thermometer (b) telephone (c) microscope (d) calculator
  8. 8.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  9. 9.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Edward Jenner (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  10. 10.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) stethoscope (b) thermometer (c) clock (d) compass
  11. 11.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) penicillin (b) the electric battery (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the first aeroplane
  12. 12.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  13. 13.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.What does a compass help us do? (a) find directions (b) measure body temperature (c) tell the time (d) hear the heartbeat
  15. 15.What does a clock help us do? (a) tell the time (b) find directions (c) hear the heartbeat (d) talk to people far away
  16. 16.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Louis Braille (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  19. 19.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) print many books (c) hear the heartbeat (d) see tiny germs
  20. 20.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) stethoscope (b) thermometer (c) calculator (d) telephone
  21. 21.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) penicillin (c) the stethoscope (d) the first aeroplane
  22. 22.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) the Wright brothers (b) René Laennec (c) Louis Braille (d) Alessandro Volta
  23. 23.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) compass (b) telescope (c) microscope (d) clock
  24. 24.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) telescope (b) stethoscope (c) thermometer (d) microscope
  26. 26.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) compass (b) clock (c) printing press (d) telephone
  27. 27.True or false: a printing press helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) penicillin (b) X-rays (c) the first aeroplane (d) the printing press
  30. 30.True or false: René Laennec gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) the Wright brothers (b) René Laennec (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Louis Braille
  36. 36.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) tell the time (c) print many books (d) see tiny germs
  37. 37.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) René Laennec (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  38. 38.What does a calculator help us do? (a) print many books (b) see faraway stars (c) do sums quickly (d) find directions
  39. 39.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: a telephone helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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