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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 662 · 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.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) the Wright brothers (d) Louis Braille
  2. 2.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) thermometer (b) clock (c) telescope (d) telephone
  3. 3.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) clock (b) telephone (c) telescope (d) compass
  4. 4.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Edward Jenner
  5. 5.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) X-rays (b) the stethoscope (c) the first aeroplane (d) raised-dot writing
  6. 6.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the telephone (c) penicillin (d) the smallpox vaccine
  7. 7.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the printing press (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the stethoscope
  8. 8.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.What does a printing press help us do? (a) tell the time (b) print many books (c) do sums quickly (d) see faraway stars
  10. 10.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) penicillin (c) the first aeroplane (d) X-rays
  11. 11.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.What does a clock help us do? (a) print many books (b) hear the heartbeat (c) tell the time (d) see tiny germs
  14. 14.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the telephone (c) X-rays (d) the first aeroplane
  15. 15.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) René Laennec
  17. 17.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.What does a telescope help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) do sums quickly (c) see faraway stars (d) talk to people far away
  20. 20.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: a telescope helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.What did René Laennec give us? (a) penicillin (b) the stethoscope (c) raised-dot writing (d) the smallpox vaccine
  25. 25.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Louis Braille (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alexander Fleming
  26. 26.True or false: a printing press helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) stethoscope (b) telephone (c) compass (d) printing press
  28. 28.True or false: René Laennec gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: a telescope helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: a printing press helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) René Laennec (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  35. 35.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Alexander Fleming (c) the Wright brothers (d) Edward Jenner
  36. 36.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) printing press (b) telephone (c) microscope (d) compass
  37. 37.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) thermometer (b) clock (c) printing press (d) microscope
  38. 38.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) clock (b) calculator (c) stethoscope (d) thermometer
  40. 40.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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