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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

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

Answer key

  1. the smallpox vaccine
  2. True
  3. the first aeroplane
  4. find directions
  5. print many books
  6. False
  7. False
  8. False
  9. False
  10. telescope
  11. False
  12. measure body temperature
  13. thermometer
  14. False
  15. the printing press
  16. penicillin
  17. Wilhelm Röntgen
  18. True
  19. True
  20. False
  21. the electric battery
  22. False
  23. True
  24. Alexander Graham Bell
  25. clock
  26. do sums quickly
  27. the stethoscope
  28. stethoscope
  29. hear the heartbeat
  30. raised-dot writing
  31. Edward Jenner
  32. False
  33. telephone
  34. microscope
  35. Johannes Gutenberg
  36. the Wright brothers
  37. printing press
  38. see faraway stars
  39. calculator
  40. Alexander Fleming

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