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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 402 · 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 electric battery (c) the printing press (d) the telephone
  2. 2.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) telephone (b) calculator (c) printing press (d) clock
  3. 3.What does a clock help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) find directions (c) tell the time (d) print many books
  4. 4.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: a telescope helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) the Wright brothers (c) René Laennec (d) Alessandro Volta
  9. 9.True or false: a compass helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) telescope (b) clock (c) stethoscope (d) telephone
  11. 11.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) tell the time (c) print many books (d) measure body temperature
  12. 12.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alexander Fleming
  13. 13.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the electric battery (c) the first aeroplane (d) X-rays
  14. 14.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.What does a compass help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) find directions (c) print many books (d) talk to people far away
  16. 16.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the printing press (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) raised-dot writing (d) the first aeroplane
  17. 17.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  19. 19.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) printing press (b) clock (c) calculator (d) compass
  20. 20.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the first aeroplane (d) the electric battery
  23. 23.True or false: a calculator helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) thermometer (b) printing press (c) compass (d) microscope
  25. 25.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) penicillin (c) the telephone (d) the printing press
  26. 26.True or false: René Laennec gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) telephone (b) calculator (c) printing press (d) stethoscope
  31. 31.What does a printing press help us do? (a) print many books (b) talk to people far away (c) hear the heartbeat (d) see faraway stars
  32. 32.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) René Laennec (d) Alexander Fleming
  33. 33.True or false: René Laennec gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.What does a telephone help us do? (a) print many books (b) find directions (c) talk to people far away (d) hear the heartbeat
  38. 38.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) print many books (c) see faraway stars (d) find directions
  40. 40.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) calculator (b) microscope (c) telephone (d) stethoscope

Answer key

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

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