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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 765 · 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.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) telephone (b) compass (c) printing press (d) stethoscope
  2. 2.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the printing press (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the stethoscope (d) raised-dot writing
  4. 4.True or false: Louis Braille gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: a calculator helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Edward Jenner
  7. 7.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the stethoscope (d) the printing press
  8. 8.True or false: a compass helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) René Laennec (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alessandro Volta
  10. 10.What does a microscope help us do? (a) print many books (b) tell the time (c) find directions (d) see tiny germs
  11. 11.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) telescope (b) calculator (c) clock (d) printing press
  12. 12.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Edward Jenner (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  15. 15.True or false: a compass helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the printing press (b) the first aeroplane (c) penicillin (d) the telephone
  17. 17.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Edward Jenner (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  18. 18.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) telephone (b) microscope (c) stethoscope (d) printing press
  19. 19.True or false: a microscope helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  21. 21.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) René Laennec (b) Louis Braille (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alessandro Volta
  22. 22.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) X-rays (b) the printing press (c) penicillin (d) raised-dot writing
  23. 23.True or false: a clock helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) clock (b) printing press (c) telephone (d) thermometer
  25. 25.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Edward Jenner (b) René Laennec (c) Louis Braille (d) Alessandro Volta
  26. 26.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) print many books (b) measure body temperature (c) see faraway stars (d) hear the heartbeat
  27. 27.True or false: a clock helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: a compass helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) clock (b) printing press (c) telephone (d) stethoscope
  31. 31.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Alexander Fleming (d) René Laennec
  32. 32.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: a telephone helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.What does a telescope help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) talk to people far away (c) see faraway stars (d) hear the heartbeat
  35. 35.True or false: a stethoscope helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) the Wright brothers (c) René Laennec (d) Alessandro Volta
  39. 39.What does a telephone help us do? (a) tell the time (b) measure body temperature (c) print many books (d) talk to people far away
  40. 40.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the stethoscope (c) X-rays (d) the first aeroplane

Answer key

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

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