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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 587 · 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.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) microscope (b) stethoscope (c) printing press (d) telephone
  2. 2.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the telephone (d) the printing press
  3. 3.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Louis Braille (b) the Wright brothers (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alexander Fleming
  4. 4.What does a compass help us do? (a) tell the time (b) do sums quickly (c) hear the heartbeat (d) find directions
  5. 5.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) clock (b) stethoscope (c) calculator (d) microscope
  6. 6.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) telephone (b) microscope (c) compass (d) thermometer
  7. 7.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the telephone (c) the first aeroplane (d) the printing press
  8. 8.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: a compass helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) the Wright brothers (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Alexander Fleming
  11. 11.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) penicillin (d) the printing press
  13. 13.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Louis Braille (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  15. 15.True or false: a stethoscope helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) the Wright brothers (c) Edward Jenner (d) René Laennec
  18. 18.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) printing press (b) thermometer (c) telescope (d) microscope
  21. 21.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) penicillin (c) the telephone (d) the smallpox vaccine
  22. 22.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) the Wright brothers (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  24. 24.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Edward Jenner (d) Louis Braille
  27. 27.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) printing press (b) telephone (c) telescope (d) calculator
  28. 28.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) penicillin (b) raised-dot writing (c) the printing press (d) the first aeroplane
  29. 29.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Louis Braille (b) the Wright brothers (c) René Laennec (d) Edward Jenner
  30. 30.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) microscope (b) stethoscope (c) telescope (d) telephone
  31. 31.What does a microscope help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) talk to people far away (c) measure body temperature (d) tell the time
  32. 32.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) telescope (b) clock (c) printing press (d) microscope
  34. 34.What does a telescope help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) print many books (c) see faraway stars (d) do sums quickly
  35. 35.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) clock (b) compass (c) printing press (d) telephone
  36. 36.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the first aeroplane (c) X-rays (d) the smallpox vaccine
  37. 37.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the telephone (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the electric battery (d) the stethoscope
  38. 38.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. telephone
  2. the printing press
  3. Alexander Fleming
  4. find directions
  5. microscope
  6. thermometer
  7. the telephone
  8. False
  9. False
  10. Alessandro Volta
  11. True
  12. the first aeroplane
  13. False
  14. Johannes Gutenberg
  15. False
  16. False
  17. the Wright brothers
  18. True
  19. True
  20. telescope
  21. the smallpox vaccine
  22. False
  23. Alexander Graham Bell
  24. False
  25. True
  26. Louis Braille
  27. calculator
  28. penicillin
  29. Edward Jenner
  30. stethoscope
  31. see tiny germs
  32. True
  33. printing press
  34. see faraway stars
  35. clock
  36. raised-dot writing
  37. the stethoscope
  38. True
  39. False
  40. False

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