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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 681 · 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 telescope helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the first aeroplane (c) penicillin (d) X-rays
  3. 3.True or false: Louis Braille gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) print many books (c) tell the time (d) hear the heartbeat
  5. 5.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) hear the heartbeat (c) talk to people far away (d) find directions
  6. 6.What does a calculator help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) hear the heartbeat (c) print many books (d) see tiny germs
  7. 7.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) the Wright brothers (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Louis Braille
  8. 8.What does a printing press help us do? (a) print many books (b) tell the time (c) see faraway stars (d) find directions
  9. 9.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: a telescope helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: a compass helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.What does a telephone help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) print many books (c) talk to people far away (d) see tiny germs
  14. 14.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Louis Braille (d) Edward Jenner
  15. 15.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Edward Jenner (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alessandro Volta
  16. 16.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the printing press (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) penicillin
  17. 17.True or false: a telescope helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.What does a microscope help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) see tiny germs (c) find directions (d) talk to people far away
  21. 21.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) telescope (b) printing press (c) stethoscope (d) thermometer
  22. 22.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) stethoscope (b) calculator (c) printing press (d) thermometer
  27. 27.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) thermometer (b) printing press (c) telephone (d) microscope
  28. 28.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Edward Jenner (d) the Wright brothers
  29. 29.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) printing press (b) clock (c) calculator (d) compass
  30. 30.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) calculator (b) telephone (c) telescope (d) thermometer
  31. 31.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the printing press (c) the telephone (d) the electric battery
  32. 32.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) penicillin (b) the electric battery (c) the first aeroplane (d) raised-dot writing
  33. 33.True or false: a calculator helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: René Laennec gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) compass (b) clock (c) telescope (d) calculator
  36. 36.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Louis Braille (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  37. 37.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the first aeroplane (c) X-rays (d) the printing press
  38. 38.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.What does a compass help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) see faraway stars (c) print many books (d) find directions
  40. 40.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) René Laennec (d) Louis Braille

Answer key

  1. False
  2. the first aeroplane
  3. False
  4. hear the heartbeat
  5. measure body temperature
  6. do sums quickly
  7. the Wright brothers
  8. print many books
  9. True
  10. True
  11. True
  12. False
  13. talk to people far away
  14. Alexander Graham Bell
  15. Alessandro Volta
  16. penicillin
  17. False
  18. True
  19. True
  20. see tiny germs
  21. thermometer
  22. False
  23. True
  24. True
  25. False
  26. stethoscope
  27. printing press
  28. Edward Jenner
  29. compass
  30. telephone
  31. the telephone
  32. the electric battery
  33. False
  34. False
  35. telescope
  36. Johannes Gutenberg
  37. the printing press
  38. True
  39. find directions
  40. René Laennec

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