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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 945 · 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 the Wright brothers give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the printing press (c) penicillin (d) the electric battery
  2. 2.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) find directions (b) measure body temperature (c) hear the heartbeat (d) tell the time
  3. 3.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) microscope (b) printing press (c) calculator (d) telephone
  5. 5.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) penicillin (b) the telephone (c) raised-dot writing (d) the smallpox vaccine
  6. 6.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Edward Jenner (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  7. 7.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) clock (b) stethoscope (c) printing press (d) microscope
  8. 8.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) René Laennec (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  10. 10.What does a microscope help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) hear the heartbeat (c) find directions (d) see tiny germs
  11. 11.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) René Laennec (d) Louis Braille
  12. 12.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.What did René Laennec give us? (a) penicillin (b) the stethoscope (c) the electric battery (d) the first aeroplane
  14. 14.True or false: a microscope helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) the Wright brothers (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  16. 16.True or false: a thermometer helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.What does a printing press help us do? (a) tell the time (b) find directions (c) print many books (d) see tiny germs
  18. 18.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) René Laennec (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) the Wright brothers
  19. 19.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the printing press (c) penicillin (d) raised-dot writing
  20. 20.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the telephone (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the electric battery
  21. 21.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Edward Jenner
  23. 23.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) compass (b) printing press (c) telephone (d) telescope
  25. 25.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the electric battery (c) raised-dot writing (d) the printing press
  26. 26.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the stethoscope (c) the electric battery (d) the telephone
  27. 27.True or false: a stethoscope helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) calculator (b) printing press (c) telescope (d) microscope
  29. 29.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) find directions (c) measure body temperature (d) print many books
  30. 30.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) penicillin (b) the telephone (c) X-rays (d) the printing press
  32. 32.True or false: a microscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) thermometer (b) printing press (c) stethoscope (d) microscope
  35. 35.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Edward Jenner (b) René Laennec (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  36. 36.What does a clock help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) see faraway stars (c) tell the time (d) hear the heartbeat
  37. 37.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) telephone (b) compass (c) thermometer (d) stethoscope
  38. 38.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) calculator (b) printing press (c) compass (d) telephone
  39. 39.True or false: a telescope helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) X-rays (c) penicillin (d) the smallpox vaccine

Answer key

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

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