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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 407 · 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.True or false: René Laennec gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the telephone (b) the first aeroplane (c) the stethoscope (d) the electric battery
  3. 3.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) compass (b) stethoscope (c) clock (d) thermometer
  4. 4.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) X-rays (b) the telephone (c) the printing press (d) penicillin
  5. 5.True or false: a telephone helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  8. 8.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.What does a calculator help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) talk to people far away (c) find directions (d) tell the time
  10. 10.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the printing press (b) the telephone (c) the first aeroplane (d) penicillin
  11. 11.What does a clock help us do? (a) tell the time (b) print many books (c) measure body temperature (d) see tiny germs
  12. 12.True or false: a printing press helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) printing press (b) compass (c) clock (d) microscope
  15. 15.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) microscope (b) compass (c) calculator (d) telescope
  16. 16.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) thermometer (b) stethoscope (c) calculator (d) compass
  18. 18.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Louis Braille (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  19. 19.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) René Laennec (b) the Wright brothers (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Alexander Fleming
  20. 20.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) thermometer (b) calculator (c) printing press (d) telephone
  21. 21.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) penicillin (b) the telephone (c) the electric battery (d) X-rays
  22. 22.True or false: a telescope helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Alexander Fleming (c) René Laennec (d) the Wright brothers
  24. 24.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) telescope (b) calculator (c) thermometer (d) telephone
  26. 26.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alexander Fleming
  27. 27.True or false: René Laennec gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) René Laennec
  30. 30.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) telephone (b) microscope (c) stethoscope (d) thermometer
  31. 31.True or false: a telescope helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: a stethoscope helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) René Laennec (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  35. 35.What did René Laennec give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the stethoscope (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) penicillin
  36. 36.What does a printing press help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) print many books (c) measure body temperature (d) see faraway stars
  37. 37.What does a telephone help us do? (a) print many books (b) see tiny germs (c) talk to people far away (d) hear the heartbeat
  38. 38.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.What does a microscope help us do? (a) print many books (b) hear the heartbeat (c) tell the time (d) see tiny germs
  40. 40.True or false: a printing press helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. False
  2. the first aeroplane
  3. thermometer
  4. the printing press
  5. False
  6. False
  7. Alexander Graham Bell
  8. False
  9. do sums quickly
  10. penicillin
  11. tell the time
  12. False
  13. False
  14. microscope
  15. calculator
  16. True
  17. compass
  18. Louis Braille
  19. the Wright brothers
  20. printing press
  21. the telephone
  22. False
  23. Alessandro Volta
  24. True
  25. telephone
  26. Alexander Fleming
  27. False
  28. True
  29. René Laennec
  30. stethoscope
  31. True
  32. False
  33. True
  34. Johannes Gutenberg
  35. the stethoscope
  36. print many books
  37. talk to people far away
  38. False
  39. see tiny germs
  40. False

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