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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 543 · 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: the Wright brothers gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the telephone (b) the stethoscope (c) the first aeroplane (d) the smallpox vaccine
  3. 3.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) X-rays (b) the telephone (c) penicillin (d) the stethoscope
  4. 4.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) stethoscope (b) thermometer (c) microscope (d) printing press
  5. 5.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) compass (b) thermometer (c) clock (d) stethoscope
  6. 6.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Louis Braille (c) Edward Jenner (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  8. 8.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the printing press (b) X-rays (c) the first aeroplane (d) the electric battery
  9. 9.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the printing press (c) X-rays (d) raised-dot writing
  13. 13.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) stethoscope (b) calculator (c) microscope (d) telescope
  14. 14.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the stethoscope (c) the electric battery (d) the telephone
  15. 15.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) compass (b) printing press (c) stethoscope (d) telephone
  16. 16.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) penicillin (b) the stethoscope (c) the electric battery (d) X-rays
  17. 17.What does a microscope help us do? (a) find directions (b) talk to people far away (c) do sums quickly (d) see tiny germs
  18. 18.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) print many books (c) tell the time (d) measure body temperature
  19. 19.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.What does a printing press help us do? (a) print many books (b) do sums quickly (c) see faraway stars (d) find directions
  22. 22.True or false: a printing press helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) René Laennec
  24. 24.True or false: a telescope helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Alessandro Volta
  28. 28.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the telephone (c) X-rays (d) penicillin
  29. 29.What does a clock help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) measure body temperature (c) tell the time (d) do sums quickly
  30. 30.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) telephone (b) stethoscope (c) telescope (d) printing press
  32. 32.What does a calculator help us do? (a) find directions (b) do sums quickly (c) hear the heartbeat (d) tell the time
  33. 33.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) printing press (b) compass (c) calculator (d) thermometer
  34. 34.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) telescope (b) compass (c) telephone (d) microscope
  37. 37.What does a telephone help us do? (a) find directions (b) talk to people far away (c) hear the heartbeat (d) do sums quickly
  38. 38.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. False
  2. the first aeroplane
  3. the telephone
  4. stethoscope
  5. clock
  6. True
  7. the Wright brothers
  8. the printing press
  9. True
  10. True
  11. True
  12. raised-dot writing
  13. telescope
  14. the electric battery
  15. printing press
  16. X-rays
  17. see tiny germs
  18. measure body temperature
  19. True
  20. True
  21. print many books
  22. False
  23. Johannes Gutenberg
  24. False
  25. True
  26. False
  27. Alexander Fleming
  28. penicillin
  29. tell the time
  30. False
  31. telephone
  32. do sums quickly
  33. thermometer
  34. False
  35. True
  36. microscope
  37. talk to people far away
  38. True
  39. True
  40. False

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