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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 566 · 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 Alexander Fleming give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the telephone (c) penicillin (d) the smallpox vaccine
  2. 2.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Edward Jenner (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Louis Braille
  3. 3.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) clock (b) thermometer (c) telescope (d) compass
  6. 6.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) penicillin (b) the printing press (c) the telephone (d) the stethoscope
  7. 7.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Alexander Fleming
  9. 9.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: a microscope helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) telescope (b) clock (c) compass (d) stethoscope
  12. 12.True or false: a compass helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.What does a compass help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) print many books (c) find directions (d) measure body temperature
  14. 14.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Edward Jenner
  15. 15.What does a microscope help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) tell the time (c) print many books (d) hear the heartbeat
  16. 16.What does a calculator help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) do sums quickly (c) find directions (d) tell the time
  17. 17.What did René Laennec give us? (a) penicillin (b) the stethoscope (c) the first aeroplane (d) the printing press
  18. 18.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Louis Braille (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  20. 20.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) calculator (b) stethoscope (c) clock (d) thermometer
  22. 22.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the telephone (b) the stethoscope (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) raised-dot writing
  23. 23.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) the Wright brothers (c) Louis Braille (d) Edward Jenner
  24. 24.True or false: a printing press helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alexander Fleming (c) the Wright brothers (d) René Laennec
  26. 26.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) see tiny germs (c) do sums quickly (d) hear the heartbeat
  27. 27.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.What does a clock help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) see tiny germs (c) find directions (d) tell the time
  32. 32.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) raised-dot writing (c) the electric battery (d) the first aeroplane
  33. 33.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) compass (b) telescope (c) printing press (d) clock
  34. 34.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) calculator (b) thermometer (c) telescope (d) telephone
  35. 35.True or false: a compass helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: a compass helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) find directions (b) print many books (c) measure body temperature (d) hear the heartbeat
  38. 38.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) raised-dot writing (c) the printing press (d) the electric battery
  39. 39.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: a stethoscope helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. penicillin
  2. Johannes Gutenberg
  3. True
  4. True
  5. clock
  6. the printing press
  7. False
  8. Alessandro Volta
  9. True
  10. False
  11. compass
  12. False
  13. find directions
  14. Edward Jenner
  15. see tiny germs
  16. do sums quickly
  17. the stethoscope
  18. True
  19. Louis Braille
  20. True
  21. stethoscope
  22. the smallpox vaccine
  23. Alexander Fleming
  24. False
  25. René Laennec
  26. hear the heartbeat
  27. True
  28. True
  29. False
  30. True
  31. tell the time
  32. the first aeroplane
  33. printing press
  34. telescope
  35. False
  36. False
  37. measure body temperature
  38. the electric battery
  39. False
  40. False

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