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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 879 · 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.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) thermometer (b) printing press (c) stethoscope (d) clock
  2. 2.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the electric battery (c) the telephone (d) the printing press
  3. 3.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) telephone (b) compass (c) thermometer (d) microscope
  4. 4.What does a clock help us do? (a) print many books (b) measure body temperature (c) tell the time (d) see tiny germs
  5. 5.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) the Wright brothers (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) René Laennec
  7. 7.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the electric battery (c) penicillin (d) raised-dot writing
  8. 8.What does a telescope help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) see tiny germs (c) hear the heartbeat (d) print many books
  9. 9.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) telephone (b) calculator (c) microscope (d) printing press
  10. 10.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.What does a telephone help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) hear the heartbeat (c) print many books (d) find directions
  12. 12.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: René Laennec gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.What does a printing press help us do? (a) tell the time (b) print many books (c) find directions (d) talk to people far away
  16. 16.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) thermometer (b) printing press (c) compass (d) telephone
  17. 17.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Alessandro Volta (d) René Laennec
  18. 18.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Edward Jenner (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  20. 20.True or false: a telescope helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) René Laennec (d) the Wright brothers
  22. 22.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: René Laennec gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Edward Jenner (d) the Wright brothers
  25. 25.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) stethoscope (b) microscope (c) clock (d) telescope
  26. 26.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Louis Braille
  28. 28.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) compass (b) calculator (c) clock (d) stethoscope
  29. 29.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) raised-dot writing (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the telephone
  31. 31.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) telephone (b) clock (c) printing press (d) calculator
  32. 32.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the printing press (c) the telephone (d) penicillin
  34. 34.True or false: a calculator helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) raised-dot writing (c) the stethoscope (d) the telephone
  36. 36.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Alexander Fleming (d) René Laennec
  37. 37.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) printing press (b) microscope (c) thermometer (d) telephone
  38. 38.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the printing press (c) raised-dot writing (d) the telephone
  39. 39.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alexander Fleming

Answer key

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

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