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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 470 · 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 the Wright brothers give us? (a) penicillin (b) the printing press (c) the first aeroplane (d) the smallpox vaccine
  2. 2.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) see tiny germs (c) do sums quickly (d) tell the time
  3. 3.True or false: a calculator helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Edward Jenner (b) the Wright brothers (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  5. 5.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) microscope (b) stethoscope (c) clock (d) compass
  7. 7.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the telephone (c) the printing press (d) raised-dot writing
  8. 8.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: a stethoscope helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.What does a telephone help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) see tiny germs (c) print many books (d) measure body temperature
  11. 11.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.What does a clock help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) hear the heartbeat (c) see tiny germs (d) tell the time
  13. 13.True or false: a clock helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) penicillin (b) X-rays (c) the stethoscope (d) the first aeroplane
  15. 15.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) microscope (b) telescope (c) thermometer (d) clock
  16. 16.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Louis Braille (b) the Wright brothers (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alessandro Volta
  17. 17.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the printing press (b) X-rays (c) raised-dot writing (d) the first aeroplane
  18. 18.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) raised-dot writing (c) the printing press (d) the first aeroplane
  19. 19.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) René Laennec (b) the Wright brothers (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Alexander Fleming
  20. 20.True or false: a telephone helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.What does a telescope help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) do sums quickly (c) talk to people far away (d) find directions
  22. 22.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the printing press (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the telephone
  23. 23.What does a printing press help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) find directions (c) see tiny germs (d) print many books
  24. 24.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the electric battery (b) raised-dot writing (c) penicillin (d) the printing press
  26. 26.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) measure body temperature (c) hear the heartbeat (d) print many books
  28. 28.True or false: a printing press helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: a thermometer helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Louis Braille
  33. 33.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) penicillin (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the telephone
  35. 35.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Edward Jenner (c) Louis Braille (d) Alessandro Volta
  37. 37.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: a compass helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) compass (b) calculator (c) stethoscope (d) telescope

Answer key

  1. the first aeroplane
  2. measure body temperature
  3. False
  4. Alessandro Volta
  5. True
  6. compass
  7. the telephone
  8. True
  9. False
  10. talk to people far away
  11. True
  12. tell the time
  13. False
  14. X-rays
  15. thermometer
  16. Edward Jenner
  17. raised-dot writing
  18. the printing press
  19. the Wright brothers
  20. False
  21. see faraway stars
  22. the smallpox vaccine
  23. print many books
  24. True
  25. penicillin
  26. True
  27. hear the heartbeat
  28. False
  29. False
  30. True
  31. False
  32. Alexander Graham Bell
  33. True
  34. the stethoscope
  35. False
  36. Louis Braille
  37. False
  38. False
  39. True
  40. calculator

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