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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 60 · 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: a calculator helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) clock (b) printing press (c) telephone (d) thermometer
  3. 3.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) the Wright brothers (b) René Laennec (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Louis Braille
  4. 4.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alexander Fleming
  5. 5.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the electric battery (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the printing press
  6. 6.What does a compass help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) print many books (c) talk to people far away (d) find directions
  7. 7.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) René Laennec (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  8. 8.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) print many books (c) hear the heartbeat (d) find directions
  9. 9.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the telephone (b) penicillin (c) the stethoscope (d) the first aeroplane
  10. 10.True or false: a thermometer helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: Louis Braille gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) clock (b) telescope (c) stethoscope (d) telephone
  13. 13.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) penicillin (b) the stethoscope (c) X-rays (d) the smallpox vaccine
  14. 14.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the electric battery (c) the printing press (d) the telephone
  15. 15.True or false: a printing press helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) thermometer (b) telephone (c) compass (d) printing press
  17. 17.What does a telephone help us do? (a) tell the time (b) do sums quickly (c) find directions (d) talk to people far away
  18. 18.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the printing press (b) the telephone (c) the stethoscope (d) X-rays
  19. 19.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Louis Braille (b) the Wright brothers (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alexander Fleming
  20. 20.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) clock (b) microscope (c) compass (d) calculator
  21. 21.True or false: a clock helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: a telescope helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) the Wright brothers (d) René Laennec
  24. 24.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) René Laennec (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alessandro Volta
  25. 25.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) stethoscope (b) telescope (c) telephone (d) compass
  28. 28.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Louis Braille (d) the Wright brothers
  29. 29.What does a microscope help us do? (a) find directions (b) see faraway stars (c) talk to people far away (d) see tiny germs
  30. 30.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) penicillin (b) the electric battery (c) raised-dot writing (d) the printing press
  35. 35.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) clock (b) stethoscope (c) thermometer (d) calculator
  36. 36.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) telephone (b) calculator (c) printing press (d) thermometer

Answer key

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

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