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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 441 · 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 does a printing press help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) print many books (c) see faraway stars (d) talk to people far away
  2. 2.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) thermometer (b) printing press (c) microscope (d) clock
  3. 3.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) compass (b) printing press (c) telephone (d) stethoscope
  4. 4.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) X-rays (c) penicillin (d) the electric battery
  5. 5.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Edward Jenner
  7. 7.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) microscope (b) telescope (c) telephone (d) calculator
  9. 9.True or false: a printing press helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) René Laennec (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Edward Jenner
  11. 11.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.What does a telephone help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) do sums quickly (c) see faraway stars (d) talk to people far away
  14. 14.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) the Wright brothers (b) René Laennec (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Edward Jenner
  15. 15.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) the Wright brothers (b) René Laennec (c) Edward Jenner (d) Louis Braille
  17. 17.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) compass (b) telephone (c) calculator (d) telescope
  18. 18.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) printing press (b) compass (c) telescope (d) stethoscope
  19. 19.True or false: a compass helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the electric battery (b) penicillin (c) the stethoscope (d) the printing press
  21. 21.True or false: a telephone helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: a thermometer helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.What does a microscope help us do? (a) find directions (b) tell the time (c) talk to people far away (d) see tiny germs
  24. 24.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) tell the time (b) find directions (c) hear the heartbeat (d) see faraway stars
  25. 25.True or false: a compass helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: a stethoscope helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) thermometer (b) printing press (c) stethoscope (d) compass
  28. 28.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) printing press (b) microscope (c) telephone (d) calculator
  29. 29.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: a compass helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: a thermometer helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) penicillin (c) X-rays (d) the first aeroplane
  33. 33.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) René Laennec (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Alessandro Volta
  34. 34.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) stethoscope (b) clock (c) calculator (d) microscope
  35. 35.What does a calculator help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) find directions (c) measure body temperature (d) see faraway stars
  36. 36.True or false: a thermometer helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. print many books
  2. microscope
  3. stethoscope
  4. the smallpox vaccine
  5. True
  6. Johannes Gutenberg
  7. True
  8. telephone
  9. False
  10. René Laennec
  11. False
  12. True
  13. talk to people far away
  14. Edward Jenner
  15. False
  16. the Wright brothers
  17. compass
  18. telescope
  19. False
  20. the stethoscope
  21. False
  22. False
  23. see tiny germs
  24. hear the heartbeat
  25. False
  26. False
  27. thermometer
  28. printing press
  29. True
  30. False
  31. False
  32. penicillin
  33. Alessandro Volta
  34. clock
  35. do sums quickly
  36. False
  37. True
  38. False
  39. False
  40. False

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