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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 478 · 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 Edward Jenner give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the stethoscope (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the printing press
  2. 2.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) telescope (b) telephone (c) thermometer (d) compass
  3. 3.What does a compass help us do? (a) print many books (b) find directions (c) tell the time (d) see faraway stars
  4. 4.What does a telephone help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) see faraway stars (c) print many books (d) see tiny germs
  5. 5.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.What does a calculator help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) do sums quickly (c) hear the heartbeat (d) see faraway stars
  7. 7.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) printing press (b) telephone (c) telescope (d) stethoscope
  8. 8.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: a printing press helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: a microscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Edward Jenner (d) René Laennec
  12. 12.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Edward Jenner (c) Alexander Fleming (d) the Wright brothers
  14. 14.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) stethoscope (b) telephone (c) microscope (d) printing press
  15. 15.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) X-rays (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the telephone (d) penicillin
  16. 16.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) the Wright brothers
  17. 17.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the telephone (b) penicillin (c) the electric battery (d) the stethoscope
  18. 18.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) X-rays (b) raised-dot writing (c) the first aeroplane (d) the telephone
  19. 19.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) find directions (c) talk to people far away (d) hear the heartbeat
  21. 21.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: René Laennec gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) calculator (b) clock (c) thermometer (d) telephone
  24. 24.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) René Laennec
  25. 25.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the telephone (b) the electric battery (c) penicillin (d) the printing press
  26. 26.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the telephone (b) X-rays (c) the printing press (d) raised-dot writing
  28. 28.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Edward Jenner
  29. 29.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Edward Jenner (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alexander Fleming
  32. 32.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: Louis Braille gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) printing press (b) clock (c) stethoscope (d) compass
  37. 37.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) raised-dot writing (c) the printing press (d) the electric battery
  38. 38.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. the smallpox vaccine
  2. telephone
  3. find directions
  4. talk to people far away
  5. True
  6. do sums quickly
  7. stethoscope
  8. False
  9. False
  10. False
  11. René Laennec
  12. True
  13. Wilhelm Röntgen
  14. printing press
  15. X-rays
  16. Johannes Gutenberg
  17. the stethoscope
  18. the first aeroplane
  19. True
  20. measure body temperature
  21. True
  22. False
  23. calculator
  24. Alessandro Volta
  25. penicillin
  26. False
  27. raised-dot writing
  28. Edward Jenner
  29. True
  30. True
  31. Alexander Fleming
  32. True
  33. True
  34. True
  35. False
  36. clock
  37. the printing press
  38. True
  39. False
  40. True

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