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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 409 · 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 Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the printing press (b) penicillin (c) raised-dot writing (d) the telephone
  2. 2.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Edward Jenner
  4. 4.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the printing press (b) X-rays (c) the first aeroplane (d) the electric battery
  5. 5.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the printing press (c) the stethoscope (d) raised-dot writing
  6. 6.True or false: a telescope helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: a telephone helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) microscope (b) telephone (c) clock (d) calculator
  11. 11.What does a telephone help us do? (a) tell the time (b) print many books (c) see tiny germs (d) talk to people far away
  12. 12.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) penicillin (b) the first aeroplane (c) the printing press (d) the telephone
  13. 13.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) compass (b) thermometer (c) telephone (d) telescope
  14. 14.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.What does a calculator help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) tell the time (c) see faraway stars (d) print many books
  16. 16.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) René Laennec (b) Edward Jenner (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  17. 17.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) René Laennec
  18. 18.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the stethoscope (c) the telephone (d) X-rays
  20. 20.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) raised-dot writing (c) the printing press (d) the first aeroplane
  21. 21.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) penicillin (b) the first aeroplane (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the electric battery
  23. 23.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Louis Braille (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Alexander Fleming
  24. 24.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  26. 26.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) the Wright brothers
  27. 27.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: Louis Braille gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.What does a printing press help us do? (a) tell the time (b) find directions (c) do sums quickly (d) print many books
  31. 31.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) measure body temperature (c) see tiny germs (d) hear the heartbeat
  32. 32.What does a microscope help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) see tiny germs (c) find directions (d) hear the heartbeat
  33. 33.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) printing press (b) telescope (c) telephone (d) compass
  34. 34.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) thermometer (b) stethoscope (c) clock (d) telescope
  35. 35.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Louis Braille (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  38. 38.True or false: a stethoscope helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) telephone (b) compass (c) calculator (d) thermometer
  40. 40.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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