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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 613 · 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 René Laennec give us? (a) the electric battery (b) raised-dot writing (c) the stethoscope (d) penicillin
  2. 2.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the electric battery (c) the printing press (d) raised-dot writing
  3. 3.What does a telephone help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) hear the heartbeat (c) measure body temperature (d) see tiny germs
  4. 4.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the electric battery (b) penicillin (c) the printing press (d) the telephone
  6. 6.What does a clock help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) tell the time (c) print many books (d) measure body temperature
  7. 7.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alessandro Volta
  8. 8.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) find directions (c) hear the heartbeat (d) measure body temperature
  9. 9.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) the Wright brothers (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  11. 11.True or false: a telescope helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Alexander Fleming
  13. 13.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) telephone (b) stethoscope (c) clock (d) telescope
  15. 15.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the telephone (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) raised-dot writing (d) the electric battery
  16. 16.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) thermometer (b) microscope (c) telephone (d) compass
  18. 18.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: René Laennec gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) penicillin (b) the printing press (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the first aeroplane
  21. 21.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Louis Braille
  22. 22.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) microscope (b) clock (c) telescope (d) calculator
  24. 24.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) thermometer (b) telephone (c) telescope (d) compass
  25. 25.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: a thermometer helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: a clock helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the stethoscope (c) the first aeroplane (d) raised-dot writing
  30. 30.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: a microscope helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Alexander Fleming (d) René Laennec
  33. 33.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) calculator (b) thermometer (c) telescope (d) clock
  36. 36.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the telephone (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) X-rays
  38. 38.True or false: a clock helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) clock (b) telephone (c) printing press (d) microscope
  40. 40.What does a printing press help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) print many books (c) do sums quickly (d) talk to people far away

Answer key

  1. the stethoscope
  2. the printing press
  3. talk to people far away
  4. True
  5. the telephone
  6. tell the time
  7. Alessandro Volta
  8. measure body temperature
  9. False
  10. Alexander Fleming
  11. True
  12. Alexander Graham Bell
  13. True
  14. telephone
  15. the electric battery
  16. False
  17. compass
  18. True
  19. False
  20. the smallpox vaccine
  21. Johannes Gutenberg
  22. False
  23. calculator
  24. thermometer
  25. True
  26. False
  27. True
  28. False
  29. raised-dot writing
  30. False
  31. False
  32. Wilhelm Röntgen
  33. False
  34. True
  35. telescope
  36. False
  37. X-rays
  38. False
  39. microscope
  40. print many books

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