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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 680 · 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: a printing press helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Edward Jenner (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  3. 3.True or false: a telephone helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.What does a microscope help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) tell the time (c) see tiny germs (d) see faraway stars
  7. 7.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the first aeroplane (c) the electric battery (d) penicillin
  8. 8.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) printing press (b) compass (c) calculator (d) clock
  9. 9.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) clock (b) thermometer (c) printing press (d) telescope
  11. 11.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) raised-dot writing (c) the stethoscope (d) the electric battery
  14. 14.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) stethoscope (b) calculator (c) clock (d) printing press
  16. 16.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Louis Braille (b) the Wright brothers (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  18. 18.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) see faraway stars (c) see tiny germs (d) measure body temperature
  19. 19.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) René Laennec (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  20. 20.True or false: a telescope helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: a stethoscope helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) the Wright brothers (c) René Laennec (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  23. 23.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) thermometer (b) printing press (c) telescope (d) telephone
  24. 24.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the electric battery (c) the printing press (d) X-rays
  25. 25.True or false: a microscope helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) penicillin (b) X-rays (c) the stethoscope (d) raised-dot writing
  27. 27.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) the Wright brothers
  31. 31.True or false: a thermometer helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Louis Braille (c) René Laennec (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  35. 35.What does a telescope help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) hear the heartbeat (c) tell the time (d) find directions
  36. 36.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the printing press (b) the first aeroplane (c) the telephone (d) the smallpox vaccine
  38. 38.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.What does a compass help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) do sums quickly (c) find directions (d) measure body temperature
  40. 40.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. False
  2. Johannes Gutenberg
  3. False
  4. True
  5. True
  6. see tiny germs
  7. penicillin
  8. clock
  9. True
  10. telescope
  11. False
  12. True
  13. the stethoscope
  14. False
  15. printing press
  16. True
  17. the Wright brothers
  18. hear the heartbeat
  19. Alexander Graham Bell
  20. False
  21. False
  22. René Laennec
  23. telephone
  24. X-rays
  25. False
  26. raised-dot writing
  27. True
  28. True
  29. False
  30. Alessandro Volta
  31. False
  32. True
  33. False
  34. Louis Braille
  35. see faraway stars
  36. True
  37. the smallpox vaccine
  38. False
  39. find directions
  40. True

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