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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 929 · 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: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) telescope (b) printing press (c) compass (d) thermometer
  4. 4.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) find directions (b) hear the heartbeat (c) see faraway stars (d) see tiny germs
  5. 5.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.What does a telephone help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) find directions (c) talk to people far away (d) print many books
  7. 7.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) compass (b) microscope (c) printing press (d) stethoscope
  8. 8.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Louis Braille (c) the Wright brothers (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  10. 10.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the printing press (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) raised-dot writing (d) the stethoscope
  12. 12.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) the Wright brothers (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  13. 13.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.What does a printing press help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) print many books (c) tell the time (d) hear the heartbeat
  16. 16.True or false: a calculator helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) the Wright brothers (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  19. 19.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the electric battery (c) the printing press (d) the first aeroplane
  20. 20.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) compass (b) printing press (c) clock (d) telephone
  22. 22.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) thermometer (b) printing press (c) clock (d) microscope
  23. 23.True or false: a calculator helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) telephone (b) clock (c) microscope (d) thermometer
  25. 25.True or false: a printing press helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) X-rays (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) penicillin (d) the electric battery
  27. 27.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) X-rays (b) the stethoscope (c) the electric battery (d) the smallpox vaccine
  28. 28.True or false: René Laennec gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.What does a microscope help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) measure body temperature (c) hear the heartbeat (d) see tiny germs
  30. 30.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) René Laennec
  33. 33.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Louis Braille (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  34. 34.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) thermometer (b) telescope (c) printing press (d) clock
  35. 35.What does a telescope help us do? (a) print many books (b) see faraway stars (c) see tiny germs (d) hear the heartbeat
  36. 36.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) René Laennec
  37. 37.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) René Laennec (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  38. 38.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) the Wright brothers
  40. 40.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Edward Jenner

Answer key

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

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