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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 905 · 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 Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) X-rays (b) the printing press (c) the stethoscope (d) the telephone
  2. 2.True or false: a telescope helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) calculator (b) printing press (c) compass (d) thermometer
  4. 4.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) the Wright brothers (d) Edward Jenner
  5. 5.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Louis Braille (b) René Laennec (c) Alexander Fleming (d) the Wright brothers
  8. 8.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) thermometer (b) telescope (c) microscope (d) calculator
  9. 9.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) X-rays (c) the electric battery (d) penicillin
  10. 10.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) compass (b) microscope (c) telephone (d) calculator
  11. 11.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) telescope (b) telephone (c) calculator (d) compass
  12. 12.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) the Wright brothers (d) Edward Jenner
  13. 13.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: a microscope helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.What does a telephone help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) measure body temperature (c) print many books (d) talk to people far away
  16. 16.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: a compass helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the printing press (b) the telephone (c) the stethoscope (d) the smallpox vaccine
  19. 19.True or false: a stethoscope helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: a telescope helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Louis Braille (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  22. 22.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the telephone (c) X-rays (d) the first aeroplane
  23. 23.True or false: a telephone helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) X-rays (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the telephone
  25. 25.True or false: a telescope helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the printing press (b) penicillin (c) the stethoscope (d) the telephone
  27. 27.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) the Wright brothers (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  28. 28.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) telescope (b) clock (c) telephone (d) compass
  29. 29.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) microscope (b) clock (c) calculator (d) stethoscope
  30. 30.What does a printing press help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) tell the time (c) talk to people far away (d) print many books
  31. 31.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) printing press (b) telephone (c) calculator (d) compass
  32. 32.True or false: a microscope helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) tell the time (c) do sums quickly (d) talk to people far away
  34. 34.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) René Laennec (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Louis Braille (d) Edward Jenner
  36. 36.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Louis Braille (d) the Wright brothers
  38. 38.What does a calculator help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) talk to people far away (c) tell the time (d) do sums quickly
  39. 39.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: a clock helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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