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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 525 · 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 telephone (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the stethoscope
  2. 2.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.What does a printing press help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) find directions (c) hear the heartbeat (d) print many books
  4. 4.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the first aeroplane (c) X-rays (d) the printing press
  5. 5.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) René Laennec (b) Edward Jenner (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  6. 6.What does a compass help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) measure body temperature (c) find directions (d) tell the time
  7. 7.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) telescope (b) compass (c) telephone (d) calculator
  9. 9.What does a microscope help us do? (a) print many books (b) hear the heartbeat (c) see tiny germs (d) measure body temperature
  10. 10.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) René Laennec (c) Louis Braille (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  11. 11.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Edward Jenner (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) the Wright brothers
  12. 12.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alessandro Volta
  13. 13.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the printing press (b) the first aeroplane (c) the electric battery (d) raised-dot writing
  14. 14.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: a stethoscope helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) X-rays (c) the stethoscope (d) the telephone
  18. 18.What does a telephone help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) do sums quickly (c) talk to people far away (d) tell the time
  19. 19.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) printing press (b) microscope (c) telephone (d) telescope
  20. 20.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: a thermometer helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the telephone (c) the stethoscope (d) the first aeroplane
  25. 25.True or false: a stethoscope helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) the Wright brothers (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  27. 27.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.What does a telescope help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) tell the time (c) talk to people far away (d) see faraway stars
  29. 29.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) do sums quickly (c) find directions (d) measure body temperature
  30. 30.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Edward Jenner
  31. 31.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: a printing press helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Edward Jenner (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Alexander Fleming
  34. 34.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) telephone (b) stethoscope (c) telescope (d) microscope
  35. 35.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) raised-dot writing (c) the stethoscope (d) the electric battery
  38. 38.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Louis Braille (d) René Laennec
  39. 39.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) raised-dot writing (c) X-rays (d) the electric battery
  40. 40.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) printing press (b) clock (c) telescope (d) compass

Answer key

  1. the telephone
  2. True
  3. print many books
  4. the printing press
  5. Alexander Graham Bell
  6. find directions
  7. True
  8. calculator
  9. see tiny germs
  10. Louis Braille
  11. Edward Jenner
  12. Alessandro Volta
  13. raised-dot writing
  14. False
  15. False
  16. False
  17. X-rays
  18. talk to people far away
  19. microscope
  20. True
  21. True
  22. False
  23. True
  24. the first aeroplane
  25. False
  26. the Wright brothers
  27. False
  28. see faraway stars
  29. measure body temperature
  30. Alexander Fleming
  31. False
  32. False
  33. Wilhelm Röntgen
  34. telephone
  35. True
  36. True
  37. the stethoscope
  38. Johannes Gutenberg
  39. the smallpox vaccine
  40. clock

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