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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 716 · 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.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) X-rays (b) the first aeroplane (c) raised-dot writing (d) the printing press
  2. 2.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) telephone (b) stethoscope (c) telescope (d) compass
  3. 3.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Edward Jenner (c) the Wright brothers (d) René Laennec
  4. 4.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) the Wright brothers (c) Edward Jenner (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  5. 5.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the first aeroplane (c) penicillin (d) the stethoscope
  6. 6.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) René Laennec (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) the Wright brothers
  7. 7.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the printing press (d) X-rays
  9. 9.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) René Laennec (b) the Wright brothers (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Louis Braille
  10. 10.What does a calculator help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) find directions (c) measure body temperature (d) do sums quickly
  11. 11.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) X-rays (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the first aeroplane (d) raised-dot writing
  12. 12.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Louis Braille (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  13. 13.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Edward Jenner (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  14. 14.What does a clock help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) tell the time (c) measure body temperature (d) talk to people far away
  15. 15.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) clock (b) microscope (c) thermometer (d) telescope
  16. 16.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) printing press (b) clock (c) compass (d) microscope
  17. 17.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) telephone (b) clock (c) compass (d) telescope
  19. 19.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) calculator (b) stethoscope (c) compass (d) thermometer
  20. 20.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) stethoscope (b) thermometer (c) telephone (d) calculator
  23. 23.What does a telescope help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) find directions (c) talk to people far away (d) measure body temperature
  24. 24.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the printing press (c) X-rays (d) the smallpox vaccine
  25. 25.True or false: a clock helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Louis Braille
  30. 30.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) clock (b) stethoscope (c) microscope (d) compass
  31. 31.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) thermometer (b) calculator (c) printing press (d) clock
  32. 32.True or false: a thermometer helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: a telephone helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: a microscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) measure body temperature (c) find directions (d) hear the heartbeat
  39. 39.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the printing press (b) penicillin (c) raised-dot writing (d) the stethoscope
  40. 40.True or false: a telescope helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. the first aeroplane
  2. telescope
  3. Alessandro Volta
  4. Wilhelm Röntgen
  5. penicillin
  6. Johannes Gutenberg
  7. True
  8. the printing press
  9. the Wright brothers
  10. do sums quickly
  11. the smallpox vaccine
  12. Alexander Graham Bell
  13. Edward Jenner
  14. tell the time
  15. microscope
  16. compass
  17. True
  18. telephone
  19. thermometer
  20. False
  21. True
  22. stethoscope
  23. see faraway stars
  24. X-rays
  25. False
  26. True
  27. True
  28. False
  29. Louis Braille
  30. clock
  31. calculator
  32. False
  33. True
  34. False
  35. True
  36. False
  37. False
  38. measure body temperature
  39. raised-dot writing
  40. True

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