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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 745 · 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: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.What does a microscope help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) tell the time (c) see tiny germs (d) measure body temperature
  3. 3.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the first aeroplane (c) the printing press (d) raised-dot writing
  4. 4.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the printing press (b) the telephone (c) raised-dot writing (d) X-rays
  7. 7.True or false: a printing press helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) René Laennec
  9. 9.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Louis Braille (b) the Wright brothers (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) René Laennec
  10. 10.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: a microscope helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) print many books (c) see faraway stars (d) measure body temperature
  15. 15.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the printing press (b) the stethoscope (c) the telephone (d) penicillin
  16. 16.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) René Laennec (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Louis Braille
  17. 17.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: a telescope helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.What does a printing press help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) print many books (c) tell the time (d) do sums quickly
  20. 20.True or false: a microscope helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) telescope (b) microscope (c) printing press (d) thermometer
  22. 22.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) telescope (b) thermometer (c) stethoscope (d) compass
  24. 24.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the first aeroplane (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) raised-dot writing
  25. 25.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) microscope (b) compass (c) stethoscope (d) clock
  27. 27.True or false: a calculator helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Louis Braille (c) the Wright brothers (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  29. 29.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the telephone (b) X-rays (c) the stethoscope (d) the first aeroplane
  30. 30.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: a telephone helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Louis Braille (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  35. 35.What does a clock help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) hear the heartbeat (c) measure body temperature (d) tell the time
  36. 36.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Edward Jenner (c) Louis Braille (d) the Wright brothers
  39. 39.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) printing press (b) stethoscope (c) microscope (d) thermometer
  40. 40.True or false: a telescope helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. True
  2. see tiny germs
  3. the printing press
  4. False
  5. False
  6. raised-dot writing
  7. False
  8. Johannes Gutenberg
  9. René Laennec
  10. False
  11. True
  12. True
  13. False
  14. measure body temperature
  15. the stethoscope
  16. Louis Braille
  17. True
  18. True
  19. print many books
  20. False
  21. printing press
  22. False
  23. thermometer
  24. the first aeroplane
  25. True
  26. compass
  27. False
  28. Wilhelm Röntgen
  29. X-rays
  30. True
  31. True
  32. False
  33. False
  34. Alexander Graham Bell
  35. tell the time
  36. False
  37. True
  38. Edward Jenner
  39. stethoscope
  40. False

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