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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 480 · 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 Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the printing press (b) the stethoscope (c) the telephone (d) the electric battery
  2. 2.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) telephone (b) calculator (c) telescope (d) clock
  3. 3.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) René Laennec (b) Louis Braille (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  4. 4.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) printing press (b) clock (c) telephone (d) calculator
  5. 5.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the first aeroplane (c) the electric battery (d) X-rays
  6. 6.What does a calculator help us do? (a) print many books (b) find directions (c) do sums quickly (d) measure body temperature
  7. 7.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the printing press (b) penicillin (c) the first aeroplane (d) X-rays
  8. 8.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) X-rays (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the first aeroplane (d) the printing press
  10. 10.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Edward Jenner (b) René Laennec (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) the Wright brothers
  11. 11.What does a printing press help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) talk to people far away (c) measure body temperature (d) print many books
  12. 12.True or false: a telescope helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Louis Braille (d) Alexander Fleming
  14. 14.What does a clock help us do? (a) print many books (b) hear the heartbeat (c) tell the time (d) see faraway stars
  15. 15.True or false: a telephone helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alexander Fleming (c) the Wright brothers (d) René Laennec
  17. 17.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) hear the heartbeat (c) talk to people far away (d) see tiny germs
  18. 18.True or false: a compass helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the printing press (c) penicillin (d) X-rays
  20. 20.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) clock (b) thermometer (c) stethoscope (d) telephone
  22. 22.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) X-rays (c) penicillin (d) the electric battery
  24. 24.What does a compass help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) see faraway stars (c) tell the time (d) find directions
  25. 25.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  26. 26.True or false: a calculator helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the first aeroplane (d) the electric battery
  28. 28.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) calculator (b) microscope (c) telescope (d) thermometer
  29. 29.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) stethoscope (b) telephone (c) printing press (d) microscope
  30. 30.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.What does a telephone help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) tell the time (c) hear the heartbeat (d) see tiny germs
  32. 32.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) calculator (b) telescope (c) printing press (d) clock
  33. 33.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alessandro Volta
  35. 35.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the printing press (c) the stethoscope (d) raised-dot writing
  36. 36.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) the Wright brothers (b) René Laennec (c) Edward Jenner (d) Louis Braille
  38. 38.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. the telephone
  2. clock
  3. Alexander Graham Bell
  4. calculator
  5. the stethoscope
  6. do sums quickly
  7. the printing press
  8. True
  9. X-rays
  10. René Laennec
  11. print many books
  12. False
  13. Louis Braille
  14. tell the time
  15. False
  16. Alexander Fleming
  17. hear the heartbeat
  18. False
  19. penicillin
  20. True
  21. thermometer
  22. False
  23. the electric battery
  24. find directions
  25. Wilhelm Röntgen
  26. False
  27. the first aeroplane
  28. microscope
  29. printing press
  30. True
  31. talk to people far away
  32. telescope
  33. False
  34. Johannes Gutenberg
  35. raised-dot writing
  36. True
  37. Edward Jenner
  38. True
  39. False
  40. False

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