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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 564 · 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: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: a printing press helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) stethoscope (b) compass (c) calculator (d) telephone
  5. 5.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the telephone (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the first aeroplane
  6. 6.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Edward Jenner
  7. 7.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the electric battery (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the telephone
  8. 8.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) stethoscope (b) printing press (c) telephone (d) compass
  10. 10.What does a printing press help us do? (a) print many books (b) see faraway stars (c) see tiny germs (d) hear the heartbeat
  11. 11.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: a thermometer helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) microscope (b) telephone (c) printing press (d) telescope
  14. 14.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) tell the time (c) talk to people far away (d) see faraway stars
  15. 15.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the telephone (b) the stethoscope (c) X-rays (d) the smallpox vaccine
  16. 16.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) the Wright brothers (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) René Laennec
  17. 17.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Louis Braille
  18. 18.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the telephone (b) the printing press (c) X-rays (d) the smallpox vaccine
  19. 19.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) thermometer (b) stethoscope (c) compass (d) clock
  21. 21.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the stethoscope (c) the printing press (d) the electric battery
  22. 22.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.What does a telephone help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) do sums quickly (c) talk to people far away (d) hear the heartbeat
  24. 24.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) hear the heartbeat (c) find directions (d) tell the time
  25. 25.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) X-rays (b) the first aeroplane (c) the printing press (d) penicillin
  26. 26.True or false: a telescope helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: a thermometer helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: a calculator helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.What does a compass help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) measure body temperature (c) do sums quickly (d) find directions
  30. 30.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alexander Fleming (c) the Wright brothers (d) René Laennec
  31. 31.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Edward Jenner (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alexander Fleming
  32. 32.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) microscope (b) telescope (c) clock (d) stethoscope
  33. 33.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) stethoscope (b) calculator (c) telephone (d) telescope
  34. 34.What does a calculator help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) print many books (c) find directions (d) do sums quickly
  35. 35.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) René Laennec (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alessandro Volta
  37. 37.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the electric battery (c) penicillin (d) the telephone
  38. 38.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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