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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 524 · 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.True or false: a stethoscope helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Louis Braille (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Edward Jenner
  3. 3.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) microscope (b) calculator (c) telescope (d) stethoscope
  4. 4.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) microscope (b) clock (c) thermometer (d) stethoscope
  5. 5.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the electric battery (b) penicillin (c) the first aeroplane (d) the smallpox vaccine
  6. 6.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) thermometer (b) clock (c) stethoscope (d) microscope
  7. 7.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the telephone (b) the printing press (c) raised-dot writing (d) penicillin
  8. 8.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the printing press (b) X-rays (c) raised-dot writing (d) the first aeroplane
  10. 10.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) printing press (b) compass (c) stethoscope (d) clock
  11. 11.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) compass (b) printing press (c) calculator (d) telescope
  12. 12.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) X-rays (d) the telephone
  13. 13.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) René Laennec (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Alessandro Volta
  14. 14.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) tell the time (c) find directions (d) hear the heartbeat
  15. 15.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) microscope (b) telephone (c) printing press (d) thermometer
  16. 16.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Louis Braille (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) René Laennec (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  18. 18.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) René Laennec (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Louis Braille
  19. 19.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Edward Jenner (c) René Laennec (d) Louis Braille
  20. 20.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Louis Braille (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  24. 24.True or false: a stethoscope helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the printing press (b) the telephone (c) raised-dot writing (d) the stethoscope
  26. 26.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the telephone (b) raised-dot writing (c) penicillin (d) the printing press
  27. 27.What does a telephone help us do? (a) print many books (b) tell the time (c) talk to people far away (d) see tiny germs
  28. 28.True or false: a printing press helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) X-rays (d) raised-dot writing
  30. 30.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.What does a clock help us do? (a) print many books (b) see tiny germs (c) hear the heartbeat (d) tell the time
  32. 32.True or false: a clock helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) calculator (b) thermometer (c) telephone (d) microscope
  35. 35.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.What does a compass help us do? (a) tell the time (b) find directions (c) talk to people far away (d) measure body temperature
  37. 37.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.What does a telescope help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) see faraway stars (c) find directions (d) do sums quickly
  39. 39.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: a microscope helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. False
  2. Edward Jenner
  3. stethoscope
  4. microscope
  5. the smallpox vaccine
  6. clock
  7. the telephone
  8. True
  9. raised-dot writing
  10. compass
  11. telescope
  12. X-rays
  13. Alexander Graham Bell
  14. hear the heartbeat
  15. thermometer
  16. True
  17. Wilhelm Röntgen
  18. Louis Braille
  19. René Laennec
  20. True
  21. False
  22. False
  23. the Wright brothers
  24. False
  25. the stethoscope
  26. the printing press
  27. talk to people far away
  28. False
  29. the electric battery
  30. False
  31. tell the time
  32. False
  33. False
  34. telephone
  35. True
  36. find directions
  37. True
  38. see faraway stars
  39. True
  40. False

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