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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 779 · 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) X-rays (b) the first aeroplane (c) the stethoscope (d) the printing press
  2. 2.What does a telephone help us do? (a) find directions (b) see faraway stars (c) talk to people far away (d) do sums quickly
  3. 3.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) calculator (b) clock (c) thermometer (d) telephone
  4. 4.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the telephone (c) X-rays (d) raised-dot writing
  5. 5.What does a microscope help us do? (a) tell the time (b) find directions (c) print many books (d) see tiny germs
  6. 6.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) thermometer (b) stethoscope (c) compass (d) printing press
  7. 7.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the stethoscope (c) raised-dot writing (d) the printing press
  8. 8.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.What does a printing press help us do? (a) find directions (b) tell the time (c) print many books (d) see tiny germs
  10. 10.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Louis Braille (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Edward Jenner
  12. 12.What does a calculator help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) do sums quickly (c) tell the time (d) talk to people far away
  13. 13.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the telephone (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) raised-dot writing
  14. 14.True or false: a printing press helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  16. 16.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.What does a compass help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) print many books (c) hear the heartbeat (d) find directions
  19. 19.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: a microscope helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Louis Braille (b) Edward Jenner (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  23. 23.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Edward Jenner (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  24. 24.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Louis Braille (b) René Laennec (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  25. 25.True or false: a clock helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) hear the heartbeat (c) print many books (d) see faraway stars
  28. 28.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) penicillin (b) raised-dot writing (c) X-rays (d) the first aeroplane
  29. 29.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) penicillin (b) the electric battery (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the telephone
  30. 30.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: a telescope helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) print many books (b) see faraway stars (c) find directions (d) measure body temperature
  34. 34.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) microscope (b) printing press (c) thermometer (d) stethoscope
  35. 35.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) printing press (b) thermometer (c) telephone (d) stethoscope
  36. 36.True or false: a telescope helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) René Laennec (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Louis Braille
  39. 39.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) thermometer (b) microscope (c) stethoscope (d) telephone
  40. 40.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the stethoscope (c) X-rays (d) raised-dot writing

Answer key

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

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