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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 857 · 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 electric battery (b) raised-dot writing (c) the first aeroplane (d) the stethoscope
  2. 2.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) stethoscope (b) telephone (c) compass (d) thermometer
  3. 3.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) raised-dot writing (d) the printing press
  4. 4.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Louis Braille (d) Alessandro Volta
  7. 7.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) René Laennec (c) Louis Braille (d) Edward Jenner
  8. 8.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) clock (b) thermometer (c) telephone (d) microscope
  9. 9.What does a telephone help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) hear the heartbeat (c) measure body temperature (d) talk to people far away
  10. 10.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alessandro Volta
  11. 11.What does a printing press help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) measure body temperature (c) print many books (d) see faraway stars
  12. 12.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) clock (b) printing press (c) calculator (d) telephone
  13. 13.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) see faraway stars (c) measure body temperature (d) hear the heartbeat
  14. 14.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) René Laennec (d) Louis Braille
  15. 15.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Edward Jenner (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  16. 16.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the electric battery (b) penicillin (c) the telephone (d) X-rays
  17. 17.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) telescope (b) printing press (c) clock (d) calculator
  18. 18.What does a clock help us do? (a) find directions (b) talk to people far away (c) see tiny germs (d) tell the time
  19. 19.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the printing press (b) the telephone (c) the first aeroplane (d) X-rays
  20. 20.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) the Wright brothers (c) Louis Braille (d) Edward Jenner
  21. 21.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Louis Braille (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) René Laennec (d) Alessandro Volta
  22. 22.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) penicillin (b) the telephone (c) the stethoscope (d) the first aeroplane
  23. 23.True or false: a clock helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) tell the time (b) measure body temperature (c) see tiny germs (d) hear the heartbeat
  28. 28.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) printing press (b) telephone (c) microscope (d) stethoscope
  29. 29.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) penicillin (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the stethoscope
  31. 31.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) the Wright brothers (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  32. 32.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) telephone (b) clock (c) compass (d) microscope
  33. 33.What does a calculator help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) see faraway stars (c) talk to people far away (d) measure body temperature
  34. 34.What does a microscope help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) see tiny germs (c) talk to people far away (d) do sums quickly
  35. 35.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the first aeroplane (c) X-rays (d) the printing press
  36. 36.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Edward Jenner
  38. 38.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: a telescope helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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