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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 539 · 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 compass helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: a telescope helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Edward Jenner (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) René Laennec
  5. 5.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) X-rays (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the first aeroplane (d) raised-dot writing
  7. 7.What does a calculator help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) do sums quickly (c) find directions (d) measure body temperature
  8. 8.What does a compass help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) find directions (c) talk to people far away (d) see faraway stars
  9. 9.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.What does a telephone help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) do sums quickly (c) talk to people far away (d) see tiny germs
  12. 12.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) clock (b) microscope (c) telephone (d) compass
  13. 13.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) telephone (b) calculator (c) printing press (d) thermometer
  14. 14.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) print many books (c) do sums quickly (d) measure body temperature
  15. 15.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) X-rays (c) the printing press (d) raised-dot writing
  16. 16.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Louis Braille
  17. 17.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Louis Braille (d) the Wright brothers
  18. 18.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  20. 20.What did René Laennec give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) X-rays (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the stethoscope
  21. 21.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Louis Braille (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Edward Jenner
  23. 23.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Louis Braille (b) the Wright brothers (c) René Laennec (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  24. 24.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) telescope (b) calculator (c) telephone (d) microscope
  25. 25.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the first aeroplane (c) the stethoscope (d) the telephone
  26. 26.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.What does a telescope help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) do sums quickly (c) hear the heartbeat (d) tell the time
  28. 28.True or false: a printing press helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the printing press (b) the first aeroplane (c) the stethoscope (d) penicillin
  30. 30.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) telescope (b) stethoscope (c) telephone (d) thermometer
  31. 31.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) raised-dot writing (c) X-rays (d) the stethoscope
  32. 32.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) calculator (b) compass (c) thermometer (d) clock
  33. 33.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) printing press (b) telephone (c) telescope (d) compass
  34. 34.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) the Wright brothers (b) René Laennec (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  36. 36.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the electric battery (b) X-rays (c) the telephone (d) the printing press
  37. 37.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the telephone (c) the electric battery (d) raised-dot writing
  38. 38.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the printing press (b) the telephone (c) X-rays (d) penicillin
  39. 39.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: a telephone helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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