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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 661 · 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: Alessandro Volta gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: a printing press helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) stethoscope (b) compass (c) microscope (d) thermometer
  6. 6.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the electric battery (c) X-rays (d) the first aeroplane
  7. 7.True or false: a compass helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the printing press (b) X-rays (c) raised-dot writing (d) the smallpox vaccine
  10. 10.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) find directions (c) see faraway stars (d) see tiny germs
  11. 11.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) the Wright brothers (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  12. 12.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the printing press (c) penicillin (d) the electric battery
  13. 13.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) stethoscope (b) telescope (c) compass (d) thermometer
  14. 14.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the telephone (c) X-rays (d) the electric battery
  15. 15.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Edward Jenner (c) René Laennec (d) the Wright brothers
  16. 16.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) raised-dot writing (c) penicillin (d) X-rays
  17. 17.True or false: a stethoscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Louis Braille (b) René Laennec (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alexander Fleming
  19. 19.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the telephone (b) the first aeroplane (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the printing press
  20. 20.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Edward Jenner (d) Louis Braille
  22. 22.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Louis Braille (b) Edward Jenner (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  25. 25.What does a compass help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) do sums quickly (c) measure body temperature (d) find directions
  26. 26.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: a telescope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.What does a telescope help us do? (a) find directions (b) hear the heartbeat (c) measure body temperature (d) see faraway stars
  30. 30.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) René Laennec (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Edward Jenner (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  31. 31.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) René Laennec (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alessandro Volta
  32. 32.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.What does a printing press help us do? (a) find directions (b) measure body temperature (c) do sums quickly (d) print many books
  36. 36.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) clock (b) telephone (c) stethoscope (d) thermometer
  37. 37.True or false: a printing press helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) clock (b) thermometer (c) microscope (d) telephone

Answer key

  1. False
  2. False
  3. True
  4. True
  5. microscope
  6. X-rays
  7. False
  8. True
  9. the smallpox vaccine
  10. hear the heartbeat
  11. Wilhelm Röntgen
  12. the printing press
  13. compass
  14. the electric battery
  15. Johannes Gutenberg
  16. raised-dot writing
  17. False
  18. the Wright brothers
  19. the telephone
  20. True
  21. Edward Jenner
  22. True
  23. True
  24. Louis Braille
  25. find directions
  26. False
  27. False
  28. True
  29. see faraway stars
  30. Alexander Graham Bell
  31. René Laennec
  32. True
  33. True
  34. True
  35. print many books
  36. stethoscope
  37. False
  38. False
  39. False
  40. thermometer

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