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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 552 · 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 the Wright brothers give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the telephone (c) the first aeroplane (d) X-rays
  2. 2.True or false: a printing press helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) compass (b) printing press (c) microscope (d) clock
  4. 4.What does a telephone help us do? (a) print many books (b) see tiny germs (c) talk to people far away (d) do sums quickly
  5. 5.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the printing press (b) the first aeroplane (c) raised-dot writing (d) penicillin
  6. 6.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) see tiny germs (c) hear the heartbeat (d) see faraway stars
  7. 7.What does a compass help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) print many books (c) find directions (d) hear the heartbeat
  8. 8.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) telescope (b) microscope (c) thermometer (d) printing press
  9. 9.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) stethoscope (b) microscope (c) telephone (d) clock
  12. 12.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) stethoscope (b) compass (c) microscope (d) thermometer
  14. 14.What did René Laennec give us? (a) penicillin (b) the printing press (c) the stethoscope (d) the first aeroplane
  15. 15.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) stethoscope (b) clock (c) telescope (d) telephone
  16. 16.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) penicillin (c) the electric battery (d) the telephone
  18. 18.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) telescope (b) microscope (c) thermometer (d) clock
  19. 19.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the telephone (b) the electric battery (c) X-rays (d) the stethoscope
  20. 20.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.What does a calculator help us do? (a) print many books (b) measure body temperature (c) do sums quickly (d) see tiny germs
  22. 22.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) find directions (b) hear the heartbeat (c) see faraway stars (d) see tiny germs
  23. 23.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) penicillin (c) raised-dot writing (d) the electric battery
  26. 26.True or false: a telescope helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: a printing press helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Louis Braille (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  29. 29.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) penicillin (b) X-rays (c) raised-dot writing (d) the first aeroplane
  30. 30.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) the Wright brothers (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Louis Braille
  31. 31.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) René Laennec (b) Alexander Fleming (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  32. 32.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) telescope (b) printing press (c) thermometer (d) calculator
  33. 33.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Louis Braille (b) René Laennec (c) the Wright brothers (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  34. 34.What does a printing press help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) print many books (c) measure body temperature (d) talk to people far away
  35. 35.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  37. 37.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) compass (b) telescope (c) thermometer (d) telephone
  38. 38.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: a stethoscope helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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