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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 569 · 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 does a clock help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) measure body temperature (c) tell the time (d) find directions
  2. 2.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) penicillin (b) the telephone (c) the printing press (d) X-rays
  3. 3.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) printing press (b) telescope (c) telephone (d) compass
  4. 4.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Edward Jenner
  5. 5.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) raised-dot writing (c) penicillin (d) the electric battery
  6. 6.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the telephone (c) penicillin (d) the stethoscope
  7. 7.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Edward Jenner
  8. 8.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) find directions (b) talk to people far away (c) tell the time (d) measure body temperature
  9. 9.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  10. 10.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) X-rays (b) penicillin (c) the telephone (d) the electric battery
  11. 11.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) calculator (b) telescope (c) telephone (d) stethoscope
  12. 12.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  13. 13.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Edward Jenner (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Alexander Fleming
  15. 15.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) calculator (b) printing press (c) microscope (d) telephone
  16. 16.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) telephone (b) microscope (c) telescope (d) printing press
  18. 18.What does a compass help us do? (a) find directions (b) see faraway stars (c) talk to people far away (d) print many books
  19. 19.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Louis Braille
  21. 21.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Edward Jenner (c) René Laennec (d) Louis Braille
  22. 22.What does a telescope help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) print many books (c) do sums quickly (d) talk to people far away
  23. 23.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the telephone (c) the printing press (d) the smallpox vaccine
  25. 25.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) printing press (b) telescope (c) compass (d) clock
  28. 28.True or false: Louis Braille gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.What did René Laennec give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the telephone (c) the first aeroplane (d) the stethoscope
  32. 32.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the telephone (b) penicillin (c) the electric battery (d) X-rays
  33. 33.True or false: a telephone helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Louis Braille (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) the Wright brothers
  35. 35.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the telephone (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) X-rays (d) the printing press
  37. 37.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.What does a printing press help us do? (a) tell the time (b) see tiny germs (c) measure body temperature (d) print many books
  39. 39.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. tell the time
  2. the printing press
  3. telephone
  4. Alexander Fleming
  5. penicillin
  6. the first aeroplane
  7. Wilhelm Röntgen
  8. measure body temperature
  9. Johannes Gutenberg
  10. X-rays
  11. stethoscope
  12. Alexander Graham Bell
  13. True
  14. Alessandro Volta
  15. calculator
  16. True
  17. telescope
  18. find directions
  19. True
  20. Edward Jenner
  21. René Laennec
  22. see faraway stars
  23. False
  24. the telephone
  25. False
  26. True
  27. clock
  28. False
  29. False
  30. True
  31. the stethoscope
  32. the electric battery
  33. False
  34. Louis Braille
  35. False
  36. the smallpox vaccine
  37. False
  38. print many books
  39. True
  40. True

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