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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 66 · 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 do sums quickly? (a) microscope (b) stethoscope (c) telephone (d) calculator
  2. 2.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Louis Braille (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) René Laennec
  3. 3.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: a clock helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) penicillin (c) the electric battery (d) the smallpox vaccine
  7. 7.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) X-rays (b) the telephone (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the printing press
  8. 8.What does a telescope help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) see tiny germs (c) talk to people far away (d) do sums quickly
  9. 9.True or false: a printing press helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) raised-dot writing (c) the printing press (d) the telephone
  11. 11.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) hear the heartbeat (c) tell the time (d) measure body temperature
  13. 13.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) the Wright brothers
  14. 14.What does a clock help us do? (a) print many books (b) tell the time (c) find directions (d) talk to people far away
  15. 15.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) X-rays (b) the printing press (c) the telephone (d) the first aeroplane
  16. 16.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) compass (b) printing press (c) telephone (d) stethoscope
  17. 17.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) stethoscope (b) microscope (c) thermometer (d) clock
  18. 18.What does a telephone help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) measure body temperature (c) see faraway stars (d) do sums quickly
  19. 19.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) microscope (b) clock (c) compass (d) stethoscope
  22. 22.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) René Laennec (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  24. 24.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) stethoscope (b) clock (c) thermometer (d) telephone
  25. 25.What does a compass help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) see faraway stars (c) find directions (d) print many books
  26. 26.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) René Laennec (c) Louis Braille (d) the Wright brothers
  27. 27.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) René Laennec (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alessandro Volta
  29. 29.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the telephone (b) the first aeroplane (c) the stethoscope (d) the electric battery
  31. 31.What did René Laennec give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the telephone (d) the stethoscope
  32. 32.What does a microscope help us do? (a) tell the time (b) do sums quickly (c) see faraway stars (d) see tiny germs
  33. 33.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the telephone (c) the first aeroplane (d) the printing press
  34. 34.True or false: a telephone helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: a telescope helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: a compass helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) do sums quickly (c) measure body temperature (d) find directions
  38. 38.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: René Laennec gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: René Laennec gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. calculator
  2. Johannes Gutenberg
  3. True
  4. False
  5. True
  6. penicillin
  7. X-rays
  8. see faraway stars
  9. False
  10. the printing press
  11. True
  12. hear the heartbeat
  13. Alexander Graham Bell
  14. tell the time
  15. the first aeroplane
  16. printing press
  17. clock
  18. talk to people far away
  19. True
  20. False
  21. stethoscope
  22. False
  23. René Laennec
  24. telephone
  25. find directions
  26. the Wright brothers
  27. True
  28. Wilhelm Röntgen
  29. True
  30. the electric battery
  31. the stethoscope
  32. see tiny germs
  33. the telephone
  34. False
  35. True
  36. False
  37. measure body temperature
  38. False
  39. False
  40. False

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