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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 615 · 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.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) printing press (b) telephone (c) telescope (d) thermometer
  2. 2.What does a clock help us do? (a) tell the time (b) see faraway stars (c) measure body temperature (d) do sums quickly
  3. 3.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the first aeroplane (c) the electric battery (d) the printing press
  4. 4.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the electric battery (c) the stethoscope (d) penicillin
  5. 5.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Louis Braille
  6. 6.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Edward Jenner (c) René Laennec (d) Alexander Fleming
  7. 7.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) stethoscope (b) clock (c) compass (d) thermometer
  9. 9.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) penicillin (b) the stethoscope (c) the printing press (d) the first aeroplane
  10. 10.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) thermometer (b) clock (c) telephone (d) compass
  12. 12.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the first aeroplane (c) the telephone (d) the stethoscope
  13. 13.What does a telephone help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) do sums quickly (c) see tiny germs (d) find directions
  14. 14.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) X-rays (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the telephone (d) the printing press
  15. 15.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.What does a compass help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) do sums quickly (c) print many books (d) find directions
  18. 18.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the telephone (c) the stethoscope (d) the printing press
  19. 19.True or false: a compass helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the telephone (b) the stethoscope (c) the electric battery (d) X-rays
  22. 22.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alexander Fleming
  23. 23.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) René Laennec (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alexander Fleming
  24. 24.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) the Wright brothers (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Edward Jenner
  26. 26.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Edward Jenner (c) Louis Braille (d) the Wright brothers
  27. 27.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) clock (b) microscope (c) compass (d) stethoscope
  28. 28.True or false: a calculator helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: a stethoscope helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the telephone (c) the printing press (d) the smallpox vaccine
  34. 34.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.What does a printing press help us do? (a) find directions (b) measure body temperature (c) print many books (d) see faraway stars
  36. 36.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) calculator (b) telephone (c) thermometer (d) clock
  38. 38.True or false: a telephone helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) stethoscope (b) microscope (c) calculator (d) clock
  40. 40.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) thermometer (b) clock (c) calculator (d) telephone

Answer key

  1. printing press
  2. tell the time
  3. raised-dot writing
  4. the first aeroplane
  5. Alessandro Volta
  6. René Laennec
  7. True
  8. clock
  9. the printing press
  10. True
  11. compass
  12. the electric battery
  13. talk to people far away
  14. X-rays
  15. True
  16. False
  17. find directions
  18. the stethoscope
  19. False
  20. False
  21. the telephone
  22. the Wright brothers
  23. Johannes Gutenberg
  24. False
  25. Alexander Fleming
  26. Louis Braille
  27. stethoscope
  28. False
  29. False
  30. True
  31. False
  32. True
  33. the smallpox vaccine
  34. False
  35. print many books
  36. True
  37. thermometer
  38. False
  39. microscope
  40. telephone

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