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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 812 · 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 telephone (b) the printing press (c) the stethoscope (d) the first aeroplane
  2. 2.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) calculator (b) compass (c) thermometer (d) telephone
  4. 4.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) clock (b) stethoscope (c) compass (d) calculator
  5. 5.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the printing press (b) raised-dot writing (c) X-rays (d) the electric battery
  6. 6.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the printing press (b) penicillin (c) raised-dot writing (d) the telephone
  7. 7.True or false: a calculator helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) hear the heartbeat (c) talk to people far away (d) tell the time
  10. 10.True or false: a thermometer helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.What does a telescope help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) talk to people far away (c) tell the time (d) measure body temperature
  13. 13.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Louis Braille (c) René Laennec (d) Alessandro Volta
  14. 14.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the printing press (b) penicillin (c) the stethoscope (d) the electric battery
  15. 15.What does a telephone help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) find directions (c) do sums quickly (d) see faraway stars
  16. 16.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Louis Braille (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Alessandro Volta
  17. 17.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) X-rays (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the first aeroplane (d) the stethoscope
  18. 18.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Louis Braille (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  21. 21.What does a printing press help us do? (a) print many books (b) see tiny germs (c) see faraway stars (d) find directions
  22. 22.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: a telescope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) compass (b) telescope (c) calculator (d) microscope
  26. 26.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the printing press (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the first aeroplane (d) penicillin
  27. 27.True or false: a telescope helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) telescope (b) compass (c) stethoscope (d) clock
  30. 30.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Louis Braille (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alexander Fleming
  31. 31.True or false: a thermometer helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: a thermometer helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Louis Braille (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Edward Jenner
  34. 34.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) tell the time (b) do sums quickly (c) measure body temperature (d) see tiny germs
  36. 36.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the telephone (b) the printing press (c) raised-dot writing (d) the electric battery
  37. 37.True or false: a thermometer helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Edward Jenner (b) René Laennec (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Louis Braille
  39. 39.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) telephone (b) telescope (c) compass (d) stethoscope

Answer key

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

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