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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 560 · 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.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) calculator (b) thermometer (c) stethoscope (d) microscope
  2. 2.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) René Laennec (d) Alexander Fleming
  5. 5.True or false: a telephone helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the electric battery (c) the printing press (d) penicillin
  7. 7.What does a telephone help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) talk to people far away (c) tell the time (d) see faraway stars
  8. 8.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) the Wright brothers (d) Edward Jenner
  9. 9.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) printing press (b) thermometer (c) compass (d) stethoscope
  10. 10.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Edward Jenner (b) the Wright brothers (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  11. 11.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) print many books (b) find directions (c) see tiny germs (d) measure body temperature
  12. 12.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  14. 14.What does a compass help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) hear the heartbeat (c) find directions (d) tell the time
  15. 15.What does a printing press help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) talk to people far away (c) find directions (d) print many books
  16. 16.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) telephone (b) printing press (c) clock (d) thermometer
  20. 20.True or false: a printing press helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) telescope (b) telephone (c) clock (d) stethoscope
  23. 23.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) compass (b) calculator (c) telephone (d) telescope
  24. 24.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) René Laennec (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  25. 25.True or false: a telescope helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: René Laennec gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Louis Braille (d) the Wright brothers
  28. 28.What does a clock help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) talk to people far away (c) tell the time (d) find directions
  29. 29.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) clock (b) telephone (c) telescope (d) stethoscope
  30. 30.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the stethoscope (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the printing press
  32. 32.What does a microscope help us do? (a) find directions (b) see tiny germs (c) tell the time (d) hear the heartbeat
  33. 33.True or false: a compass helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) the Wright brothers (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Louis Braille
  35. 35.True or false: a microscope helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) penicillin (b) the telephone (c) the first aeroplane (d) the stethoscope
  39. 39.True or false: a stethoscope helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Louis Braille (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Wilhelm Röntgen

Answer key

  1. thermometer
  2. True
  3. True
  4. Edward Jenner
  5. False
  6. the stethoscope
  7. talk to people far away
  8. the Wright brothers
  9. compass
  10. Alexander Fleming
  11. measure body temperature
  12. False
  13. Johannes Gutenberg
  14. find directions
  15. print many books
  16. False
  17. True
  18. False
  19. printing press
  20. False
  21. True
  22. clock
  23. telephone
  24. Alessandro Volta
  25. True
  26. False
  27. Alexander Graham Bell
  28. tell the time
  29. stethoscope
  30. True
  31. the smallpox vaccine
  32. see tiny germs
  33. False
  34. Louis Braille
  35. False
  36. False
  37. False
  38. the first aeroplane
  39. False
  40. Wilhelm Röntgen

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