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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 866 · 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) X-rays (c) the first aeroplane (d) the telephone
  2. 2.What did René Laennec give us? (a) penicillin (b) the electric battery (c) the printing press (d) the stethoscope
  3. 3.What does a telephone help us do? (a) print many books (b) hear the heartbeat (c) talk to people far away (d) find directions
  4. 4.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the printing press (c) the telephone (d) raised-dot writing
  5. 5.What does a compass help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) print many books (c) find directions (d) tell the time
  6. 6.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) microscope (b) telescope (c) clock (d) stethoscope
  7. 7.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) stethoscope (b) printing press (c) telephone (d) calculator
  9. 9.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Louis Braille
  10. 10.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) telephone (b) clock (c) printing press (d) stethoscope
  11. 11.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the electric battery (b) raised-dot writing (c) X-rays (d) the smallpox vaccine
  12. 12.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  13. 13.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the printing press (b) the first aeroplane (c) the stethoscope (d) X-rays
  15. 15.What does a calculator help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) find directions (c) see tiny germs (d) see faraway stars
  16. 16.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) René Laennec (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  17. 17.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: a telephone helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) telephone (b) microscope (c) thermometer (d) compass
  20. 20.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Alexander Fleming (c) René Laennec (d) Alessandro Volta
  21. 21.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) the Wright brothers (c) Louis Braille (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  22. 22.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.What does a printing press help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) find directions (c) print many books (d) measure body temperature
  24. 24.True or false: a telescope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Louis Braille (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) the Wright brothers (d) René Laennec
  28. 28.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) telephone (b) stethoscope (c) microscope (d) thermometer
  29. 29.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) tell the time (b) see faraway stars (c) talk to people far away (d) hear the heartbeat
  30. 30.What does a telescope help us do? (a) tell the time (b) see tiny germs (c) see faraway stars (d) hear the heartbeat
  31. 31.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: a calculator helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.What does a clock help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) tell the time (c) hear the heartbeat (d) measure body temperature
  35. 35.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) the Wright brothers (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alexander Fleming
  37. 37.True or false: a telephone helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) stethoscope (b) telescope (c) compass (d) calculator
  39. 39.True or false: a telescope helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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