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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 927 · 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.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) find directions (b) measure body temperature (c) do sums quickly (d) talk to people far away
  3. 3.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) microscope (b) thermometer (c) compass (d) telephone
  4. 4.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) telescope (b) calculator (c) stethoscope (d) clock
  5. 5.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Louis Braille (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alexander Fleming
  7. 7.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Louis Braille (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  8. 8.What does a printing press help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) see faraway stars (c) measure body temperature (d) print many books
  9. 9.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the printing press (c) X-rays (d) the stethoscope
  10. 10.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the telephone (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the printing press (d) penicillin
  11. 11.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alexander Fleming
  13. 13.True or false: a thermometer helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: a telescope helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) stethoscope (b) telephone (c) clock (d) thermometer
  16. 16.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: a telescope helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: a compass helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the printing press (b) penicillin (c) the telephone (d) the electric battery
  21. 21.True or false: Louis Braille gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) thermometer (b) calculator (c) microscope (d) clock
  23. 23.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) René Laennec (c) Edward Jenner (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  24. 24.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) compass (b) microscope (c) clock (d) calculator
  25. 25.What did René Laennec give us? (a) penicillin (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the stethoscope (d) the first aeroplane
  26. 26.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Louis Braille (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Alexander Fleming
  27. 27.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the printing press (b) penicillin (c) the electric battery (d) raised-dot writing
  28. 28.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) calculator (b) clock (c) microscope (d) thermometer
  29. 29.What does a clock help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) find directions (c) tell the time (d) print many books
  30. 30.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Louis Braille (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  33. 33.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) X-rays (b) the electric battery (c) the telephone (d) the smallpox vaccine
  34. 34.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) clock (b) calculator (c) thermometer (d) telephone
  36. 36.What does a telephone help us do? (a) print many books (b) talk to people far away (c) see faraway stars (d) measure body temperature
  37. 37.True or false: a telephone helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) René Laennec
  39. 39.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Edward Jenner (d) the Wright brothers
  40. 40.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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