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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 577 · 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.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Louis Braille (c) Edward Jenner (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  2. 2.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) compass (b) telephone (c) thermometer (d) stethoscope
  3. 3.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) microscope (b) telescope (c) printing press (d) stethoscope
  4. 4.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Louis Braille (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Edward Jenner
  6. 6.What does a calculator help us do? (a) find directions (b) do sums quickly (c) see faraway stars (d) tell the time
  7. 7.What does a compass help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) see faraway stars (c) tell the time (d) find directions
  8. 8.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  10. 10.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.What does a telephone help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) tell the time (c) talk to people far away (d) find directions
  15. 15.True or false: a printing press helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the stethoscope (d) the telephone
  17. 17.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  19. 19.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) René Laennec (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Louis Braille (d) Edward Jenner
  21. 21.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) stethoscope (b) telephone (c) thermometer (d) clock
  23. 23.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Alexander Fleming (c) the Wright brothers (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  24. 24.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) thermometer (b) clock (c) microscope (d) calculator
  25. 25.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the first aeroplane (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the telephone
  26. 26.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) calculator (b) telescope (c) stethoscope (d) printing press
  28. 28.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the printing press (b) penicillin (c) the first aeroplane (d) the telephone
  30. 30.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) hear the heartbeat (c) tell the time (d) find directions
  32. 32.True or false: a thermometer helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) penicillin (c) the electric battery (d) raised-dot writing
  34. 34.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.What does a clock help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) see faraway stars (c) see tiny germs (d) tell the time
  36. 36.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the printing press (b) the first aeroplane (c) penicillin (d) the telephone
  38. 38.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) clock (b) telephone (c) printing press (d) calculator
  39. 39.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) René Laennec (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  40. 40.True or false: a telephone helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Louis Braille
  2. compass
  3. telescope
  4. True
  5. Edward Jenner
  6. do sums quickly
  7. find directions
  8. False
  9. Alexander Fleming
  10. False
  11. True
  12. True
  13. True
  14. talk to people far away
  15. False
  16. the electric battery
  17. True
  18. Alexander Graham Bell
  19. False
  20. René Laennec
  21. True
  22. thermometer
  23. Johannes Gutenberg
  24. microscope
  25. raised-dot writing
  26. False
  27. printing press
  28. False
  29. the first aeroplane
  30. True
  31. measure body temperature
  32. False
  33. penicillin
  34. True
  35. tell the time
  36. True
  37. the printing press
  38. calculator
  39. Wilhelm Röntgen
  40. False

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