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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 529 · 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 Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the electric battery (c) the first aeroplane (d) X-rays
  2. 2.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) telescope (b) compass (c) clock (d) printing press
  3. 3.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) microscope (b) stethoscope (c) printing press (d) telephone
  4. 4.What does a compass help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) tell the time (c) measure body temperature (d) find directions
  5. 5.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) hear the heartbeat (c) talk to people far away (d) measure body temperature
  6. 6.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Louis Braille (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  7. 7.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) measure body temperature (c) hear the heartbeat (d) talk to people far away
  8. 8.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) telephone (b) telescope (c) stethoscope (d) thermometer
  9. 9.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Edward Jenner (d) the Wright brothers
  10. 10.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) raised-dot writing (c) the stethoscope (d) the printing press
  11. 11.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.What does a calculator help us do? (a) print many books (b) tell the time (c) do sums quickly (d) see tiny germs
  15. 15.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the telephone (c) the electric battery (d) X-rays
  17. 17.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: a thermometer helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) René Laennec (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  20. 20.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.What did René Laennec give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the stethoscope (c) the first aeroplane (d) the smallpox vaccine
  22. 22.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Edward Jenner (b) René Laennec (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  24. 24.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Louis Braille (b) Edward Jenner (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  28. 28.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) telephone (b) stethoscope (c) compass (d) calculator
  29. 29.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) X-rays (c) the telephone (d) the printing press
  30. 30.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: a compass helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) penicillin (b) X-rays (c) the printing press (d) the telephone
  33. 33.What does a telescope help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) see faraway stars (c) see tiny germs (d) print many books
  34. 34.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) calculator (b) stethoscope (c) clock (d) thermometer
  35. 35.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) microscope (b) calculator (c) telescope (d) telephone
  37. 37.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) penicillin (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) X-rays (d) raised-dot writing
  38. 38.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the first aeroplane (c) raised-dot writing (d) the smallpox vaccine
  40. 40.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) printing press (b) stethoscope (c) thermometer (d) telephone

Answer key

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

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