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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 548 · 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.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) René Laennec (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  2. 2.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the electric battery (c) the first aeroplane (d) the smallpox vaccine
  3. 3.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the electric battery (c) penicillin (d) X-rays
  4. 4.What does a telescope help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) see faraway stars (c) measure body temperature (d) hear the heartbeat
  5. 5.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) thermometer (b) calculator (c) stethoscope (d) telephone
  6. 6.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) thermometer (b) telephone (c) calculator (d) printing press
  7. 7.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) X-rays (b) the printing press (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the first aeroplane
  9. 9.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) penicillin (c) the electric battery (d) the printing press
  10. 10.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) raised-dot writing (d) X-rays
  11. 11.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.What does a calculator help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) do sums quickly (c) see faraway stars (d) print many books
  13. 13.What does a printing press help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) print many books (c) talk to people far away (d) see faraway stars
  14. 14.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) the Wright brothers
  16. 16.What does a compass help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) find directions (c) talk to people far away (d) tell the time
  17. 17.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  18. 18.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the first aeroplane (c) the telephone (d) X-rays
  20. 20.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) clock (b) stethoscope (c) telescope (d) printing press
  21. 21.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Louis Braille (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  23. 23.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: a thermometer helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: a calculator helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: a calculator helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) microscope (b) telephone (c) thermometer (d) clock
  29. 29.True or false: a microscope helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: a telescope helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) tell the time (c) print many books (d) talk to people far away
  32. 32.True or false: a telephone helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: a microscope helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Louis Braille (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) René Laennec (d) Alexander Fleming
  35. 35.True or false: a stethoscope helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: a telescope helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Edward Jenner (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  38. 38.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) thermometer (b) clock (c) telephone (d) compass
  39. 39.What does a telephone help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) talk to people far away (c) measure body temperature (d) hear the heartbeat
  40. 40.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) microscope (b) telephone (c) stethoscope (d) thermometer

Answer key

  1. Johannes Gutenberg
  2. the stethoscope
  3. the electric battery
  4. see faraway stars
  5. telephone
  6. calculator
  7. True
  8. the printing press
  9. penicillin
  10. the smallpox vaccine
  11. False
  12. do sums quickly
  13. print many books
  14. False
  15. the Wright brothers
  16. find directions
  17. Alexander Graham Bell
  18. True
  19. the first aeroplane
  20. printing press
  21. True
  22. Wilhelm Röntgen
  23. False
  24. True
  25. False
  26. False
  27. False
  28. clock
  29. False
  30. False
  31. hear the heartbeat
  32. False
  33. False
  34. Louis Braille
  35. False
  36. True
  37. Alexander Fleming
  38. compass
  39. talk to people far away
  40. microscope

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