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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 849 · 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 Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the first aeroplane (c) penicillin (d) the electric battery
  2. 2.What does a calculator help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) see faraway stars (c) measure body temperature (d) talk to people far away
  3. 3.What does a printing press help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) print many books (c) tell the time (d) measure body temperature
  4. 4.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) X-rays (b) raised-dot writing (c) the telephone (d) the smallpox vaccine
  6. 6.True or false: a stethoscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) clock (b) telephone (c) printing press (d) compass
  8. 8.What does a clock help us do? (a) print many books (b) do sums quickly (c) see tiny germs (d) tell the time
  9. 9.True or false: a stethoscope helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) penicillin (c) the printing press (d) the telephone
  12. 12.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.What does a microscope help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) do sums quickly (c) see tiny germs (d) hear the heartbeat
  14. 14.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the printing press (b) raised-dot writing (c) the first aeroplane (d) the stethoscope
  16. 16.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: a telescope helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) the Wright brothers (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  19. 19.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Louis Braille (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Alexander Fleming
  20. 20.True or false: a stethoscope helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) René Laennec (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  22. 22.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) clock (b) printing press (c) telephone (d) stethoscope
  23. 23.True or false: a printing press helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the printing press (c) the telephone (d) penicillin
  25. 25.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) find directions (b) do sums quickly (c) tell the time (d) hear the heartbeat
  26. 26.True or false: a telephone helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: a telescope helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Alessandro Volta (c) René Laennec (d) Louis Braille
  32. 32.True or false: a stethoscope helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) compass (b) thermometer (c) telescope (d) microscope
  34. 34.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) René Laennec (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alexander Fleming
  35. 35.True or false: a telephone helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) the Wright brothers (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Louis Braille
  37. 37.True or false: a printing press helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) René Laennec (d) Louis Braille
  40. 40.True or false: a thermometer helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. the electric battery
  2. do sums quickly
  3. print many books
  4. True
  5. the smallpox vaccine
  6. False
  7. printing press
  8. tell the time
  9. False
  10. True
  11. the telephone
  12. False
  13. see tiny germs
  14. False
  15. the first aeroplane
  16. False
  17. True
  18. the Wright brothers
  19. Alexander Fleming
  20. False
  21. Alessandro Volta
  22. stethoscope
  23. False
  24. the printing press
  25. hear the heartbeat
  26. False
  27. False
  28. False
  29. False
  30. False
  31. René Laennec
  32. False
  33. thermometer
  34. Johannes Gutenberg
  35. False
  36. Louis Braille
  37. False
  38. False
  39. Wilhelm Röntgen
  40. False

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