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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 734 · 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 does a telephone help us do? (a) tell the time (b) talk to people far away (c) hear the heartbeat (d) measure body temperature
  2. 2.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the printing press (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the electric battery
  3. 3.What does a compass help us do? (a) find directions (b) measure body temperature (c) tell the time (d) talk to people far away
  4. 4.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alexander Fleming
  5. 5.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) René Laennec (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alessandro Volta
  6. 6.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) calculator (b) stethoscope (c) clock (d) telescope
  8. 8.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alessandro Volta (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  9. 9.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alessandro Volta (c) René Laennec (d) Louis Braille
  10. 10.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the electric battery (c) the printing press (d) penicillin
  11. 11.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) telephone (b) printing press (c) telescope (d) stethoscope
  12. 12.True or false: René Laennec gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) penicillin (b) raised-dot writing (c) the telephone (d) the first aeroplane
  14. 14.What does a telescope help us do? (a) find directions (b) tell the time (c) see faraway stars (d) hear the heartbeat
  15. 15.What does a clock help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) hear the heartbeat (c) tell the time (d) see faraway stars
  16. 16.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Edward Jenner (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  17. 17.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) microscope (b) compass (c) clock (d) telescope
  19. 19.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) X-rays (d) the telephone
  20. 20.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: a telescope helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: a microscope helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Alexander Fleming (c) René Laennec (d) the Wright brothers
  26. 26.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) print many books (b) see faraway stars (c) talk to people far away (d) hear the heartbeat
  29. 29.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Edward Jenner
  30. 30.True or false: a telephone helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) the Wright brothers (c) Louis Braille (d) Alessandro Volta
  32. 32.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: a telephone helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the printing press (b) the first aeroplane (c) raised-dot writing (d) the telephone
  36. 36.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) compass (b) clock (c) telescope (d) printing press
  37. 37.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) microscope (b) clock (c) telescope (d) telephone
  38. 38.True or false: a telescope helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) penicillin (c) the telephone (d) X-rays
  40. 40.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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