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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 437 · 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.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) thermometer (b) stethoscope (c) printing press (d) telephone
  2. 2.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) microscope (b) clock (c) telescope (d) compass
  3. 3.True or false: a stethoscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Alessandro Volta (c) the Wright brothers (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  6. 6.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Edward Jenner
  8. 8.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the printing press (c) the first aeroplane (d) raised-dot writing
  10. 10.What did René Laennec give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the first aeroplane (c) the stethoscope (d) the telephone
  11. 11.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) René Laennec (c) Louis Braille (d) the Wright brothers
  12. 12.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the first aeroplane (c) penicillin (d) the printing press
  15. 15.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) René Laennec (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) the Wright brothers
  17. 17.True or false: a telephone helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) microscope (b) calculator (c) stethoscope (d) compass
  21. 21.What does a telephone help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) talk to people far away (c) tell the time (d) see tiny germs
  22. 22.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) compass (b) thermometer (c) clock (d) telephone
  23. 23.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) René Laennec (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  24. 24.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) tell the time (c) measure body temperature (d) see faraway stars
  25. 25.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Louis Braille (b) René Laennec (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  26. 26.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the electric battery (b) X-rays (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) raised-dot writing
  28. 28.What does a telescope help us do? (a) print many books (b) see faraway stars (c) do sums quickly (d) find directions
  29. 29.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the stethoscope (c) the first aeroplane (d) the electric battery
  30. 30.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) printing press (b) telephone (c) thermometer (d) stethoscope
  31. 31.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) X-rays (c) the telephone (d) the first aeroplane
  32. 32.True or false: a telephone helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: Louis Braille gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) X-rays (b) penicillin (c) the stethoscope (d) the smallpox vaccine
  35. 35.What does a clock help us do? (a) print many books (b) measure body temperature (c) tell the time (d) talk to people far away
  36. 36.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) telephone (b) clock (c) microscope (d) compass
  37. 37.True or false: a stethoscope helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: a thermometer helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.What does a compass help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) see tiny germs (c) hear the heartbeat (d) find directions

Answer key

  1. printing press
  2. telescope
  3. False
  4. True
  5. Wilhelm Röntgen
  6. False
  7. Alessandro Volta
  8. True
  9. the printing press
  10. the stethoscope
  11. the Wright brothers
  12. True
  13. True
  14. penicillin
  15. False
  16. Alexander Fleming
  17. False
  18. True
  19. True
  20. calculator
  21. talk to people far away
  22. clock
  23. Alexander Graham Bell
  24. measure body temperature
  25. René Laennec
  26. True
  27. the electric battery
  28. see faraway stars
  29. the first aeroplane
  30. stethoscope
  31. raised-dot writing
  32. False
  33. False
  34. the smallpox vaccine
  35. tell the time
  36. microscope
  37. False
  38. True
  39. False
  40. find directions

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