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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 521 · 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 Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) X-rays (b) the first aeroplane (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the printing press
  2. 2.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Edward Jenner (b) René Laennec (c) Louis Braille (d) the Wright brothers
  3. 3.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) stethoscope (b) compass (c) microscope (d) thermometer
  4. 4.True or false: a compass helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) thermometer (b) clock (c) stethoscope (d) microscope
  6. 6.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the telephone (c) the printing press (d) the first aeroplane
  12. 12.What does a microscope help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) print many books (c) do sums quickly (d) tell the time
  13. 13.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Louis Braille (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  14. 14.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) penicillin (b) X-rays (c) the first aeroplane (d) the stethoscope
  17. 17.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the electric battery (c) the printing press (d) the stethoscope
  18. 18.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) penicillin (b) the first aeroplane (c) raised-dot writing (d) the smallpox vaccine
  19. 19.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) X-rays (b) raised-dot writing (c) the printing press (d) the first aeroplane
  20. 20.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Louis Braille (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  22. 22.True or false: a clock helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the telephone (c) X-rays (d) the printing press
  24. 24.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Louis Braille (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alessandro Volta (d) the Wright brothers
  25. 25.What does a clock help us do? (a) tell the time (b) do sums quickly (c) talk to people far away (d) hear the heartbeat
  26. 26.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) calculator (b) compass (c) thermometer (d) stethoscope
  28. 28.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) telescope (b) thermometer (c) printing press (d) calculator
  29. 29.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Alessandro Volta
  31. 31.True or false: a clock helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.What does a telephone help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) talk to people far away (c) see tiny germs (d) measure body temperature
  35. 35.What does a telescope help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) hear the heartbeat (c) find directions (d) talk to people far away
  36. 36.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) thermometer (b) printing press (c) stethoscope (d) telephone
  38. 38.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) the Wright brothers (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alexander Fleming
  39. 39.What does a calculator help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) see tiny germs (c) find directions (d) measure body temperature
  40. 40.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. the printing press
  2. René Laennec
  3. compass
  4. False
  5. thermometer
  6. True
  7. True
  8. False
  9. True
  10. False
  11. the first aeroplane
  12. see tiny germs
  13. Johannes Gutenberg
  14. True
  15. False
  16. X-rays
  17. the stethoscope
  18. the smallpox vaccine
  19. raised-dot writing
  20. True
  21. Louis Braille
  22. False
  23. the telephone
  24. the Wright brothers
  25. tell the time
  26. True
  27. stethoscope
  28. telescope
  29. False
  30. Alexander Graham Bell
  31. False
  32. False
  33. True
  34. talk to people far away
  35. see faraway stars
  36. False
  37. telephone
  38. Alessandro Volta
  39. do sums quickly
  40. True

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