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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 852 · 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) raised-dot writing (b) the stethoscope (c) the printing press (d) penicillin
  2. 2.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) penicillin (c) the printing press (d) raised-dot writing
  3. 3.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Edward Jenner (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  4. 4.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) microscope (b) thermometer (c) compass (d) telephone
  6. 6.What does a telescope help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) see faraway stars (c) do sums quickly (d) find directions
  7. 7.True or false: a clock helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: a compass helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) clock (b) telescope (c) stethoscope (d) telephone
  11. 11.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the stethoscope (d) the telephone
  12. 12.True or false: a telescope helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the printing press (c) the electric battery (d) the stethoscope
  14. 14.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) penicillin (b) raised-dot writing (c) X-rays (d) the smallpox vaccine
  15. 15.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Edward Jenner (c) René Laennec (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  17. 17.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the electric battery (b) penicillin (c) the telephone (d) X-rays
  18. 18.True or false: a printing press helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.What does a compass help us do? (a) find directions (b) tell the time (c) do sums quickly (d) see faraway stars
  20. 20.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) the Wright brothers (c) Edward Jenner (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  21. 21.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Edward Jenner (c) the Wright brothers (d) Louis Braille
  22. 22.True or false: a microscope helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: a telescope helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: a stethoscope helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alessandro Volta
  27. 27.What does a microscope help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) see tiny germs (c) find directions (d) do sums quickly
  28. 28.What does a clock help us do? (a) tell the time (b) find directions (c) talk to people far away (d) measure body temperature
  29. 29.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) telephone (b) calculator (c) stethoscope (d) microscope
  30. 30.True or false: a printing press helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.What does a printing press help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) see tiny germs (c) measure body temperature (d) print many books
  32. 32.True or false: a telescope helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: a calculator helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Louis Braille (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Alessandro Volta (d) René Laennec
  36. 36.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: a clock helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alessandro Volta

Answer key

  1. the printing press
  2. penicillin
  3. Alexander Fleming
  4. True
  5. thermometer
  6. see faraway stars
  7. False
  8. False
  9. True
  10. telephone
  11. the telephone
  12. False
  13. the stethoscope
  14. raised-dot writing
  15. False
  16. Alexander Graham Bell
  17. the electric battery
  18. False
  19. find directions
  20. the Wright brothers
  21. Louis Braille
  22. False
  23. False
  24. False
  25. False
  26. Edward Jenner
  27. see tiny germs
  28. tell the time
  29. microscope
  30. False
  31. print many books
  32. True
  33. True
  34. False
  35. René Laennec
  36. False
  37. False
  38. False
  39. False
  40. Johannes Gutenberg

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