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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 609 · 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 does a compass help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) talk to people far away (c) find directions (d) do sums quickly
  2. 2.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the stethoscope (c) the telephone (d) the printing press
  3. 3.What does a telephone help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) tell the time (c) measure body temperature (d) talk to people far away
  4. 4.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the stethoscope (d) penicillin
  6. 6.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) raised-dot writing (d) X-rays
  7. 7.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) compass (b) calculator (c) printing press (d) telephone
  8. 8.True or false: a microscope helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Louis Braille
  11. 11.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the printing press (b) the electric battery (c) penicillin (d) the first aeroplane
  12. 12.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) find directions (c) measure body temperature (d) hear the heartbeat
  16. 16.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the telephone (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the printing press (d) X-rays
  17. 17.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the telephone (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) X-rays (d) raised-dot writing
  18. 18.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the telephone (b) the stethoscope (c) penicillin (d) the first aeroplane
  19. 19.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) microscope (b) stethoscope (c) telephone (d) printing press
  21. 21.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.What does a printing press help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) print many books (c) see faraway stars (d) see tiny germs
  23. 23.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Louis Braille (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  24. 24.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) the Wright brothers (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Edward Jenner
  27. 27.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Louis Braille (c) the Wright brothers (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  28. 28.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: a thermometer helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) clock (b) telescope (c) compass (d) calculator
  32. 32.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) stethoscope (b) thermometer (c) compass (d) calculator
  33. 33.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the first aeroplane (c) X-rays (d) penicillin
  37. 37.True or false: René Laennec gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: a printing press helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: a telephone helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.What does a calculator help us do? (a) tell the time (b) do sums quickly (c) measure body temperature (d) print many books

Answer key

  1. find directions
  2. the stethoscope
  3. talk to people far away
  4. False
  5. the first aeroplane
  6. the smallpox vaccine
  7. telephone
  8. False
  9. True
  10. Louis Braille
  11. the electric battery
  12. True
  13. False
  14. True
  15. hear the heartbeat
  16. the printing press
  17. the telephone
  18. penicillin
  19. True
  20. printing press
  21. False
  22. print many books
  23. Johannes Gutenberg
  24. True
  25. True
  26. Wilhelm Röntgen
  27. the Wright brothers
  28. True
  29. True
  30. False
  31. clock
  32. stethoscope
  33. True
  34. True
  35. False
  36. X-rays
  37. False
  38. False
  39. False
  40. do sums quickly

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