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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 763 · 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) the stethoscope (b) raised-dot writing (c) the first aeroplane (d) the telephone
  2. 2.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Alessandro Volta
  3. 3.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) find directions (c) do sums quickly (d) talk to people far away
  4. 4.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Louis Braille (d) Alexander Fleming
  6. 6.What does a clock help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) see tiny germs (c) tell the time (d) talk to people far away
  7. 7.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) thermometer (b) calculator (c) printing press (d) telephone
  8. 8.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) calculator (b) telescope (c) stethoscope (d) compass
  9. 9.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) penicillin (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the printing press
  10. 10.What does a compass help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) print many books (c) find directions (d) tell the time
  11. 11.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) the Wright brothers (b) René Laennec (c) Louis Braille (d) Alessandro Volta
  12. 12.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the stethoscope (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the first aeroplane
  13. 13.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) telephone (b) telescope (c) microscope (d) compass
  17. 17.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) microscope (b) thermometer (c) calculator (d) stethoscope
  18. 18.What does a microscope help us do? (a) tell the time (b) measure body temperature (c) see tiny germs (d) find directions
  19. 19.True or false: a printing press helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) printing press (b) clock (c) microscope (d) calculator
  23. 23.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) find directions (c) measure body temperature (d) do sums quickly
  24. 24.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) X-rays (b) the electric battery (c) the first aeroplane (d) raised-dot writing
  25. 25.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.What does a telephone help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) hear the heartbeat (c) see tiny germs (d) talk to people far away
  27. 27.True or false: a telescope helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) X-rays (c) the printing press (d) penicillin
  30. 30.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: a telescope helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) telephone (b) compass (c) printing press (d) clock
  34. 34.True or false: a stethoscope helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) René Laennec (b) Alessandro Volta (c) the Wright brothers (d) Edward Jenner
  38. 38.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Louis Braille
  40. 40.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Edward Jenner (c) the Wright brothers (d) René Laennec

Answer key

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

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