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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 581 · 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 Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) X-rays (c) the printing press (d) the electric battery
  2. 2.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Edward Jenner
  3. 3.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) René Laennec (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alessandro Volta
  4. 4.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) clock (b) telescope (c) compass (d) printing press
  5. 5.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) microscope (b) compass (c) thermometer (d) clock
  8. 8.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the telephone (c) the printing press (d) penicillin
  9. 9.True or false: a clock helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) raised-dot writing (d) X-rays
  11. 11.True or false: a telephone helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) X-rays (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the first aeroplane (d) the printing press
  13. 13.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Edward Jenner (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Alessandro Volta
  14. 14.True or false: a compass helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) penicillin (b) the printing press (c) raised-dot writing (d) X-rays
  16. 16.What does a compass help us do? (a) tell the time (b) talk to people far away (c) see tiny germs (d) find directions
  17. 17.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) microscope (b) printing press (c) telephone (d) compass
  19. 19.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) René Laennec (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Edward Jenner
  20. 20.True or false: a telescope helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) compass (b) telescope (c) telephone (d) microscope
  22. 22.True or false: a printing press helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Louis Braille (d) René Laennec
  24. 24.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.What does a printing press help us do? (a) find directions (b) print many books (c) tell the time (d) talk to people far away
  26. 26.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) do sums quickly (c) measure body temperature (d) hear the heartbeat
  27. 27.What did René Laennec give us? (a) penicillin (b) X-rays (c) the stethoscope (d) the telephone
  28. 28.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) the Wright brothers (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  29. 29.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: a clock helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) clock (b) telescope (c) thermometer (d) telephone
  34. 34.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) René Laennec (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Louis Braille
  35. 35.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) penicillin (c) the telephone (d) the printing press
  36. 36.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) penicillin (c) the telephone (d) the smallpox vaccine
  37. 37.True or false: a thermometer helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) penicillin (d) the electric battery
  39. 39.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) telephone (b) microscope (c) calculator (d) thermometer
  40. 40.What does a telescope help us do? (a) find directions (b) hear the heartbeat (c) see faraway stars (d) do sums quickly

Answer key

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

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