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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 505 · 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.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Alessandro Volta
  2. 2.True or false: René Laennec gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: a stethoscope helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) penicillin (b) the telephone (c) the printing press (d) X-rays
  7. 7.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) microscope (b) clock (c) compass (d) printing press
  8. 8.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) the Wright brothers
  11. 11.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) René Laennec
  12. 12.True or false: a clock helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) stethoscope (b) clock (c) telescope (d) calculator
  14. 14.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) microscope (b) printing press (c) thermometer (d) calculator
  16. 16.What does a calculator help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) talk to people far away (c) see faraway stars (d) hear the heartbeat
  17. 17.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the telephone (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) X-rays (d) the printing press
  18. 18.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Edward Jenner (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  21. 21.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) telephone (b) microscope (c) telescope (d) thermometer
  22. 22.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.What does a printing press help us do? (a) tell the time (b) print many books (c) talk to people far away (d) measure body temperature
  24. 24.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.What does a microscope help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) tell the time (c) print many books (d) measure body temperature
  26. 26.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Alexander Fleming (c) the Wright brothers (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  27. 27.What does a telephone help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) measure body temperature (c) print many books (d) talk to people far away
  28. 28.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) René Laennec (b) Louis Braille (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  29. 29.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alexander Fleming (c) René Laennec (d) Edward Jenner
  30. 30.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the printing press (c) the first aeroplane (d) penicillin
  31. 31.True or false: a clock helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) find directions (c) do sums quickly (d) measure body temperature
  33. 33.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) thermometer (b) stethoscope (c) calculator (d) compass
  34. 34.True or false: a telescope helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the telephone (b) raised-dot writing (c) the electric battery (d) penicillin
  37. 37.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: a thermometer helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) microscope (b) telephone (c) printing press (d) stethoscope

Answer key

  1. the Wright brothers
  2. False
  3. False
  4. False
  5. False
  6. X-rays
  7. compass
  8. True
  9. True
  10. Alessandro Volta
  11. Alexander Graham Bell
  12. False
  13. clock
  14. True
  15. thermometer
  16. do sums quickly
  17. the printing press
  18. False
  19. True
  20. Edward Jenner
  21. telephone
  22. False
  23. print many books
  24. True
  25. see tiny germs
  26. Wilhelm Röntgen
  27. talk to people far away
  28. Louis Braille
  29. René Laennec
  30. the first aeroplane
  31. False
  32. measure body temperature
  33. stethoscope
  34. False
  35. False
  36. penicillin
  37. True
  38. False
  39. True
  40. printing press

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