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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 724 · 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 printing press? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) the Wright brothers
  2. 2.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the telephone (c) the printing press (d) X-rays
  3. 3.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.What does a telescope help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) measure body temperature (c) print many books (d) see faraway stars
  6. 6.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Louis Braille (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) René Laennec
  7. 7.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the printing press (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) X-rays (d) the stethoscope
  8. 8.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the printing press (c) the first aeroplane (d) the stethoscope
  9. 9.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) compass (b) thermometer (c) stethoscope (d) telephone
  11. 11.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) stethoscope (b) calculator (c) microscope (d) thermometer
  12. 12.What does a clock help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) tell the time (c) measure body temperature (d) talk to people far away
  13. 13.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the electric battery (b) X-rays (c) the telephone (d) the printing press
  14. 14.What does a printing press help us do? (a) print many books (b) find directions (c) tell the time (d) hear the heartbeat
  15. 15.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) penicillin (b) the stethoscope (c) the telephone (d) the electric battery
  17. 17.True or false: a compass helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) telescope (b) telephone (c) thermometer (d) calculator
  19. 19.What does a calculator help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) tell the time (c) do sums quickly (d) see faraway stars
  20. 20.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alessandro Volta
  21. 21.True or false: a stethoscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) print many books (b) tell the time (c) hear the heartbeat (d) measure body temperature
  24. 24.What does a telephone help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) hear the heartbeat (c) see tiny germs (d) see faraway stars
  25. 25.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the electric battery (c) the first aeroplane (d) the smallpox vaccine
  27. 27.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) telephone (b) compass (c) printing press (d) telescope
  28. 28.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) printing press (b) microscope (c) clock (d) calculator
  29. 29.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) printing press (b) compass (c) clock (d) microscope
  31. 31.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the stethoscope (c) penicillin (d) X-rays
  32. 32.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Edward Jenner
  35. 35.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.What does a microscope help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) see tiny germs (c) hear the heartbeat (d) talk to people far away
  37. 37.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) René Laennec (d) Alexander Fleming

Answer key

  1. Johannes Gutenberg
  2. raised-dot writing
  3. True
  4. False
  5. see faraway stars
  6. René Laennec
  7. the printing press
  8. the first aeroplane
  9. True
  10. stethoscope
  11. microscope
  12. tell the time
  13. the electric battery
  14. print many books
  15. True
  16. the telephone
  17. False
  18. telephone
  19. do sums quickly
  20. Alessandro Volta
  21. False
  22. True
  23. hear the heartbeat
  24. talk to people far away
  25. True
  26. the smallpox vaccine
  27. compass
  28. printing press
  29. False
  30. clock
  31. penicillin
  32. False
  33. True
  34. the Wright brothers
  35. True
  36. see tiny germs
  37. False
  38. True
  39. False
  40. Wilhelm Röntgen

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