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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 871 · 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.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  2. 2.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the printing press (b) X-rays (c) penicillin (d) the telephone
  3. 3.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) penicillin (b) raised-dot writing (c) the electric battery (d) the first aeroplane
  4. 4.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Edward Jenner (d) Louis Braille
  6. 6.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the first aeroplane (c) raised-dot writing (d) X-rays
  7. 7.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Louis Braille (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) the Wright brothers
  8. 8.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) clock (b) calculator (c) thermometer (d) stethoscope
  9. 9.True or false: a calculator helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: a clock helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) penicillin (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the first aeroplane (d) the electric battery
  12. 12.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) the Wright brothers (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  13. 13.What does a compass help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) find directions (c) print many books (d) do sums quickly
  14. 14.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) René Laennec (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  15. 15.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) printing press (b) thermometer (c) telephone (d) calculator
  16. 16.What does a telescope help us do? (a) print many books (b) hear the heartbeat (c) see faraway stars (d) see tiny germs
  17. 17.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) telescope (b) telephone (c) stethoscope (d) clock
  18. 18.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Louis Braille (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  19. 19.True or false: a telescope helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: a stethoscope helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) thermometer (b) stethoscope (c) compass (d) telephone
  22. 22.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alexander Fleming
  23. 23.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Edward Jenner (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Alexander Fleming
  24. 24.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) telephone (b) thermometer (c) stethoscope (d) microscope
  25. 25.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the first aeroplane (c) the telephone (d) the printing press
  28. 28.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the printing press (b) the stethoscope (c) the telephone (d) penicillin
  29. 29.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) hear the heartbeat (c) see tiny germs (d) talk to people far away
  30. 30.What does a microscope help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) tell the time (c) talk to people far away (d) see tiny germs
  31. 31.What does a telephone help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) find directions (c) talk to people far away (d) measure body temperature
  32. 32.What does a clock help us do? (a) tell the time (b) find directions (c) see faraway stars (d) measure body temperature
  33. 33.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) printing press (b) microscope (c) thermometer (d) clock
  35. 35.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) X-rays (b) the printing press (c) raised-dot writing (d) the telephone
  37. 37.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) printing press (b) stethoscope (c) telephone (d) microscope
  38. 38.True or false: René Laennec gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) telescope (b) stethoscope (c) thermometer (d) printing press
  40. 40.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Alexander Graham Bell
  2. X-rays
  3. the electric battery
  4. True
  5. Edward Jenner
  6. raised-dot writing
  7. Johannes Gutenberg
  8. clock
  9. False
  10. False
  11. penicillin
  12. the Wright brothers
  13. find directions
  14. René Laennec
  15. calculator
  16. see faraway stars
  17. telescope
  18. Louis Braille
  19. False
  20. False
  21. compass
  22. Alexander Fleming
  23. Wilhelm Röntgen
  24. stethoscope
  25. True
  26. True
  27. the first aeroplane
  28. the telephone
  29. measure body temperature
  30. see tiny germs
  31. talk to people far away
  32. tell the time
  33. False
  34. printing press
  35. True
  36. the printing press
  37. telephone
  38. False
  39. thermometer
  40. True

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