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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 590 · 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.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  3. 3.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) printing press (b) compass (c) calculator (d) clock
  4. 4.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) stethoscope (b) thermometer (c) calculator (d) printing press
  5. 5.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) René Laennec (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Louis Braille
  6. 6.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the printing press (b) the first aeroplane (c) X-rays (d) raised-dot writing
  7. 7.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) René Laennec (d) Alexander Fleming
  8. 8.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) hear the heartbeat (c) find directions (d) tell the time
  9. 9.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the telephone (c) X-rays (d) the printing press
  10. 10.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) raised-dot writing (c) the first aeroplane (d) penicillin
  12. 12.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) compass (b) telescope (c) printing press (d) microscope
  13. 13.True or false: a calculator helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the printing press (b) the telephone (c) raised-dot writing (d) X-rays
  16. 16.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) printing press (b) microscope (c) stethoscope (d) telescope
  17. 17.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Louis Braille (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alessandro Volta
  20. 20.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) thermometer (b) clock (c) microscope (d) calculator
  22. 22.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) telescope (b) microscope (c) stethoscope (d) printing press
  23. 23.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) microscope (b) telephone (c) printing press (d) thermometer
  24. 24.What does a telephone help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) print many books (c) talk to people far away (d) tell the time
  25. 25.What does a printing press help us do? (a) print many books (b) see faraway stars (c) find directions (d) do sums quickly
  26. 26.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) compass (b) telescope (c) microscope (d) telephone
  27. 27.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) X-rays (c) the telephone (d) the first aeroplane
  28. 28.What does a microscope help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) hear the heartbeat (c) find directions (d) see tiny germs
  29. 29.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) microscope (b) telescope (c) clock (d) telephone
  30. 30.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.What does a compass help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) see tiny germs (c) see faraway stars (d) find directions
  32. 32.True or false: a stethoscope helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the printing press (b) the stethoscope (c) the first aeroplane (d) penicillin
  34. 34.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Edward Jenner (b) the Wright brothers (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  36. 36.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) see tiny germs (c) talk to people far away (d) see faraway stars
  39. 39.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) René Laennec (d) Alexander Fleming

Answer key

  1. True
  2. Wilhelm Röntgen
  3. clock
  4. thermometer
  5. Louis Braille
  6. raised-dot writing
  7. René Laennec
  8. hear the heartbeat
  9. the printing press
  10. True
  11. the first aeroplane
  12. telescope
  13. False
  14. True
  15. the telephone
  16. printing press
  17. True
  18. False
  19. the Wright brothers
  20. True
  21. calculator
  22. stethoscope
  23. microscope
  24. talk to people far away
  25. print many books
  26. compass
  27. X-rays
  28. see tiny germs
  29. telephone
  30. False
  31. find directions
  32. False
  33. the stethoscope
  34. False
  35. Edward Jenner
  36. False
  37. True
  38. measure body temperature
  39. False
  40. Johannes Gutenberg

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