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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 938 · 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 do sums quickly? (a) calculator (b) telescope (c) stethoscope (d) clock
  2. 2.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the printing press (b) X-rays (c) the electric battery (d) the first aeroplane
  3. 3.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) René Laennec (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alessandro Volta
  4. 4.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the printing press (b) X-rays (c) the first aeroplane (d) penicillin
  5. 5.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) thermometer (b) telescope (c) stethoscope (d) clock
  6. 6.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Louis Braille (c) René Laennec (d) Alessandro Volta
  7. 7.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Louis Braille (c) the Wright brothers (d) René Laennec
  8. 8.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  9. 9.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) calculator (b) printing press (c) telescope (d) microscope
  10. 10.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) microscope (b) printing press (c) stethoscope (d) compass
  11. 11.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) René Laennec (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  15. 15.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the printing press (b) penicillin (c) X-rays (d) raised-dot writing
  16. 16.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) clock (b) telescope (c) telephone (d) stethoscope
  17. 17.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the telephone (c) the printing press (d) X-rays
  19. 19.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) telephone (b) telescope (c) microscope (d) stethoscope
  20. 20.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) microscope (b) telephone (c) thermometer (d) stethoscope
  21. 21.What does a microscope help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) see tiny germs (c) print many books (d) measure body temperature
  22. 22.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) penicillin (b) the electric battery (c) X-rays (d) the smallpox vaccine
  24. 24.What does a telescope help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) do sums quickly (c) find directions (d) see faraway stars
  25. 25.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.What does a telephone help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) print many books (c) find directions (d) see faraway stars
  27. 27.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Louis Braille (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alexander Fleming
  29. 29.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.What does a calculator help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) see faraway stars (c) print many books (d) tell the time
  31. 31.True or false: a telescope helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the telephone (c) penicillin (d) the electric battery
  33. 33.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) microscope (b) thermometer (c) compass (d) calculator
  35. 35.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) René Laennec (c) Alexander Fleming (d) the Wright brothers
  36. 36.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.What does a printing press help us do? (a) print many books (b) hear the heartbeat (c) tell the time (d) see faraway stars
  38. 38.True or false: a microscope helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) René Laennec (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) the Wright brothers (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  40. 40.What does a clock help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) measure body temperature (c) see tiny germs (d) tell the time

Answer key

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

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