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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 133 · 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.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Edward Jenner (b) the Wright brothers (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alessandro Volta
  2. 2.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) René Laennec (c) Edward Jenner (d) the Wright brothers
  5. 5.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) telephone (b) stethoscope (c) telescope (d) thermometer
  6. 6.True or false: a compass helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) René Laennec (c) Louis Braille (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  9. 9.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the stethoscope (c) penicillin (d) the smallpox vaccine
  10. 10.What does a microscope help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) do sums quickly (c) tell the time (d) talk to people far away
  11. 11.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) René Laennec (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  12. 12.True or false: a calculator helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the telephone (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the first aeroplane (d) the printing press
  15. 15.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) thermometer (b) compass (c) stethoscope (d) telephone
  18. 18.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the telephone (b) X-rays (c) the printing press (d) the first aeroplane
  19. 19.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) René Laennec (d) Louis Braille
  20. 20.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) see faraway stars (c) talk to people far away (d) hear the heartbeat
  21. 21.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) the Wright brothers (c) René Laennec (d) Alessandro Volta
  22. 22.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: René Laennec gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) printing press (b) calculator (c) stethoscope (d) telescope
  26. 26.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the electric battery (c) the first aeroplane (d) the printing press
  27. 27.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the telephone (b) raised-dot writing (c) the first aeroplane (d) penicillin
  28. 28.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the electric battery (c) penicillin (d) the first aeroplane
  29. 29.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) stethoscope (b) printing press (c) thermometer (d) microscope
  30. 30.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.What does a calculator help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) tell the time (c) do sums quickly (d) measure body temperature
  32. 32.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) the Wright brothers (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alexander Fleming
  33. 33.True or false: a microscope helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the telephone (c) the printing press (d) penicillin
  35. 35.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) stethoscope (b) telescope (c) clock (d) thermometer
  36. 36.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alessandro Volta
  39. 39.True or false: a compass helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Edward Jenner
  2. False
  3. True
  4. the Wright brothers
  5. telephone
  6. False
  7. True
  8. Louis Braille
  9. the smallpox vaccine
  10. see tiny germs
  11. René Laennec
  12. False
  13. False
  14. the first aeroplane
  15. True
  16. False
  17. compass
  18. the telephone
  19. Wilhelm Röntgen
  20. hear the heartbeat
  21. Alessandro Volta
  22. True
  23. False
  24. False
  25. telescope
  26. the electric battery
  27. penicillin
  28. the stethoscope
  29. microscope
  30. False
  31. do sums quickly
  32. Alexander Fleming
  33. False
  34. raised-dot writing
  35. clock
  36. True
  37. False
  38. Johannes Gutenberg
  39. False
  40. False

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