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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 887 · 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 find directions? (a) stethoscope (b) clock (c) microscope (d) compass
  2. 2.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the printing press (c) X-rays (d) the telephone
  4. 4.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.What does a clock help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) see faraway stars (c) talk to people far away (d) tell the time
  6. 6.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Alessandro Volta (c) the Wright brothers (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  7. 7.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) René Laennec (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Louis Braille
  8. 8.What does a microscope help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) hear the heartbeat (c) print many books (d) find directions
  9. 9.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) the Wright brothers (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) René Laennec
  10. 10.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the stethoscope (c) raised-dot writing (d) the smallpox vaccine
  11. 11.What does a printing press help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) hear the heartbeat (c) print many books (d) do sums quickly
  12. 12.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) telephone (b) stethoscope (c) microscope (d) calculator
  13. 13.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Louis Braille (d) Edward Jenner
  15. 15.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the telephone (b) the first aeroplane (c) the electric battery (d) penicillin
  16. 16.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the telephone (b) the printing press (c) penicillin (d) the first aeroplane
  17. 17.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) raised-dot writing (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) X-rays
  22. 22.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) calculator (b) thermometer (c) telescope (d) telephone
  23. 23.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Edward Jenner (c) René Laennec (d) Alessandro Volta
  24. 24.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) thermometer (b) telescope (c) compass (d) stethoscope
  25. 25.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Louis Braille (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  26. 26.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  28. 28.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) X-rays (b) the first aeroplane (c) the telephone (d) raised-dot writing
  29. 29.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) X-rays (b) raised-dot writing (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the electric battery
  30. 30.What does a compass help us do? (a) tell the time (b) find directions (c) hear the heartbeat (d) measure body temperature
  31. 31.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) telephone (b) microscope (c) telescope (d) printing press
  32. 32.True or false: a telephone helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) print many books (b) do sums quickly (c) hear the heartbeat (d) talk to people far away
  35. 35.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) telephone (b) printing press (c) thermometer (d) telescope
  36. 36.True or false: a printing press helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) penicillin (b) the telephone (c) the electric battery (d) raised-dot writing
  38. 38.True or false: a stethoscope helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: a printing press helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: a clock helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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