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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 699 · 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 the first aeroplane? (a) Edward Jenner (b) René Laennec (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) the Wright brothers
  2. 2.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) René Laennec (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  4. 4.What does a calculator help us do? (a) find directions (b) measure body temperature (c) tell the time (d) do sums quickly
  5. 5.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) find directions (c) measure body temperature (d) see tiny germs
  6. 6.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) penicillin (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the electric battery (d) X-rays
  7. 7.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.What does a telephone help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) find directions (c) see tiny germs (d) print many books
  9. 9.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) raised-dot writing (c) penicillin (d) X-rays
  10. 10.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the printing press (b) the first aeroplane (c) the telephone (d) penicillin
  11. 11.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Edward Jenner
  12. 12.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) clock (b) stethoscope (c) microscope (d) telephone
  13. 13.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) telephone (b) calculator (c) printing press (d) thermometer
  14. 14.True or false: a clock helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: a compass helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) compass (b) telephone (c) calculator (d) printing press
  17. 17.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the electric battery (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the first aeroplane
  18. 18.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) printing press (b) telephone (c) telescope (d) stethoscope
  19. 19.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: René Laennec gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) printing press (b) telephone (c) clock (d) microscope
  24. 24.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the printing press (b) the telephone (c) penicillin (d) the first aeroplane
  25. 25.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.What does a microscope help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) find directions (c) measure body temperature (d) see tiny germs
  27. 27.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  28. 28.True or false: a telescope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Louis Braille (c) Edward Jenner (d) the Wright brothers
  31. 31.True or false: a thermometer helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: a printing press helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: René Laennec gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: a thermometer helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: a stethoscope helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Alessandro Volta (c) the Wright brothers (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  38. 38.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.What does a printing press help us do? (a) print many books (b) find directions (c) see tiny germs (d) measure body temperature

Answer key

  1. the Wright brothers
  2. True
  3. Johannes Gutenberg
  4. do sums quickly
  5. measure body temperature
  6. X-rays
  7. True
  8. talk to people far away
  9. raised-dot writing
  10. the telephone
  11. Edward Jenner
  12. stethoscope
  13. telephone
  14. False
  15. False
  16. printing press
  17. the smallpox vaccine
  18. telescope
  19. True
  20. True
  21. False
  22. False
  23. clock
  24. the first aeroplane
  25. True
  26. see tiny germs
  27. Alexander Graham Bell
  28. False
  29. True
  30. Louis Braille
  31. False
  32. False
  33. False
  34. False
  35. False
  36. False
  37. Alessandro Volta
  38. True
  39. True
  40. print many books

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