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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 754 · 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 Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the stethoscope (c) raised-dot writing (d) the printing press
  2. 2.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the printing press (b) X-rays (c) the electric battery (d) penicillin
  3. 3.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  4. 4.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) René Laennec (b) Louis Braille (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Edward Jenner
  5. 5.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: a microscope helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: a telescope helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.What does a microscope help us do? (a) print many books (b) see tiny germs (c) find directions (d) talk to people far away
  10. 10.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alessandro Volta
  11. 11.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Edward Jenner (c) Alexander Fleming (d) the Wright brothers
  12. 12.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) microscope (b) thermometer (c) compass (d) clock
  13. 13.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Louis Braille (c) René Laennec (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  14. 14.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) telephone (b) microscope (c) clock (d) thermometer
  15. 15.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) X-rays (b) penicillin (c) the printing press (d) the telephone
  16. 16.What does a printing press help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) hear the heartbeat (c) print many books (d) do sums quickly
  17. 17.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) clock (b) telephone (c) calculator (d) thermometer
  19. 19.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) René Laennec (d) Alessandro Volta
  20. 20.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) printing press (b) telephone (c) clock (d) microscope
  21. 21.What does a telescope help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) see faraway stars (c) see tiny germs (d) do sums quickly
  22. 22.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) the Wright brothers (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  23. 23.What does a clock help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) see faraway stars (c) tell the time (d) find directions
  24. 24.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alexander Fleming
  25. 25.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) penicillin (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the electric battery (d) the first aeroplane
  26. 26.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Edward Jenner (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alexander Fleming
  29. 29.True or false: a thermometer helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.What does a telephone help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) do sums quickly (c) print many books (d) talk to people far away
  33. 33.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) find directions (b) do sums quickly (c) measure body temperature (d) talk to people far away
  34. 34.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) compass (b) stethoscope (c) calculator (d) microscope
  36. 36.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) X-rays (c) penicillin (d) the printing press
  37. 37.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) talk to people far away (c) do sums quickly (d) tell the time
  38. 38.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) stethoscope (b) telescope (c) printing press (d) microscope
  39. 39.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) calculator (b) compass (c) telescope (d) stethoscope
  40. 40.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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