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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 107 · 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: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) hear the heartbeat (c) print many books (d) talk to people far away
  3. 3.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Alexander Fleming (c) René Laennec (d) Alessandro Volta
  4. 4.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Louis Braille (c) René Laennec (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  5. 5.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the telephone (b) penicillin (c) the electric battery (d) the smallpox vaccine
  7. 7.True or false: a stethoscope helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) compass (b) telephone (c) thermometer (d) calculator
  9. 9.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: a telescope helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Edward Jenner
  12. 12.True or false: a printing press helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) see faraway stars (c) talk to people far away (d) print many books
  14. 14.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) René Laennec (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alexander Fleming
  15. 15.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) raised-dot writing (c) the telephone (d) the first aeroplane
  16. 16.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) penicillin (c) X-rays (d) the electric battery
  17. 17.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: a telephone helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: a telescope helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) raised-dot writing (c) the electric battery (d) the first aeroplane
  22. 22.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Louis Braille (b) the Wright brothers (c) Edward Jenner (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  23. 23.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) the Wright brothers (c) René Laennec (d) Alexander Fleming
  24. 24.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) René Laennec
  27. 27.What does a clock help us do? (a) tell the time (b) print many books (c) hear the heartbeat (d) find directions
  28. 28.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) René Laennec (c) Edward Jenner (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  29. 29.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) thermometer (b) stethoscope (c) compass (d) clock
  30. 30.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the first aeroplane (c) the electric battery (d) penicillin
  32. 32.What does a telephone help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) tell the time (c) see faraway stars (d) measure body temperature
  33. 33.What does a microscope help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) talk to people far away (c) see tiny germs (d) hear the heartbeat
  34. 34.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) compass (b) telephone (c) printing press (d) stethoscope
  37. 37.What does a compass help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) see tiny germs (c) find directions (d) print many books
  38. 38.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the electric battery (c) penicillin (d) raised-dot writing

Answer key

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

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