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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 465 · 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: Alexander Fleming gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.What does a telephone help us do? (a) print many books (b) tell the time (c) hear the heartbeat (d) talk to people far away
  3. 3.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the telephone (b) the printing press (c) the stethoscope (d) penicillin
  5. 5.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the telephone (c) the first aeroplane (d) X-rays
  6. 6.True or false: René Laennec gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Louis Braille
  8. 8.True or false: a microscope helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: a clock helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.What does a microscope help us do? (a) find directions (b) do sums quickly (c) see tiny germs (d) print many books
  14. 14.True or false: a microscope helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) the Wright brothers (c) René Laennec (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  16. 16.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) X-rays (b) the electric battery (c) the printing press (d) the stethoscope
  17. 17.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the electric battery (c) the printing press (d) X-rays
  18. 18.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) thermometer (b) telephone (c) compass (d) printing press
  19. 19.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) microscope (b) clock (c) calculator (d) telephone
  21. 21.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) René Laennec (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  22. 22.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) clock (b) compass (c) telephone (d) calculator
  23. 23.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) compass (b) telescope (c) clock (d) stethoscope
  24. 24.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Louis Braille (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  25. 25.True or false: a clock helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.What does a compass help us do? (a) tell the time (b) talk to people far away (c) find directions (d) measure body temperature
  27. 27.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) see tiny germs (c) do sums quickly (d) see faraway stars
  28. 28.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Louis Braille (b) René Laennec (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  29. 29.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Alessandro Volta (c) the Wright brothers (d) Edward Jenner
  30. 30.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) calculator (b) telephone (c) printing press (d) stethoscope
  31. 31.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) compass (b) printing press (c) calculator (d) thermometer
  32. 32.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.What does a telescope help us do? (a) find directions (b) measure body temperature (c) see faraway stars (d) tell the time
  35. 35.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) X-rays (c) the telephone (d) the stethoscope
  38. 38.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) compass (b) telephone (c) stethoscope (d) printing press

Answer key

  1. False
  2. talk to people far away
  3. True
  4. the stethoscope
  5. the first aeroplane
  6. False
  7. Wilhelm Röntgen
  8. False
  9. False
  10. False
  11. True
  12. False
  13. see tiny germs
  14. False
  15. René Laennec
  16. the electric battery
  17. the printing press
  18. thermometer
  19. False
  20. microscope
  21. Alessandro Volta
  22. calculator
  23. stethoscope
  24. Johannes Gutenberg
  25. False
  26. find directions
  27. hear the heartbeat
  28. Alexander Graham Bell
  29. Edward Jenner
  30. telephone
  31. printing press
  32. True
  33. False
  34. see faraway stars
  35. True
  36. False
  37. the telephone
  38. False
  39. True
  40. compass

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