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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 147 · 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: Alessandro Volta gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Louis Braille (c) René Laennec (d) Alexander Fleming
  4. 4.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Louis Braille (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alexander Fleming
  5. 5.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) René Laennec
  6. 6.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: a compass helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.What does a calculator help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) find directions (c) see faraway stars (d) print many books
  9. 9.What does a microscope help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) talk to people far away (c) see tiny germs (d) tell the time
  10. 10.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the electric battery (b) raised-dot writing (c) the printing press (d) the telephone
  11. 11.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) do sums quickly (c) print many books (d) measure body temperature
  13. 13.What does a telescope help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) find directions (c) see faraway stars (d) measure body temperature
  14. 14.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) X-rays (b) the first aeroplane (c) raised-dot writing (d) penicillin
  15. 15.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.What does a clock help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) talk to people far away (c) find directions (d) tell the time
  18. 18.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alexander Fleming
  19. 19.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) clock (b) compass (c) telescope (d) telephone
  22. 22.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) print many books (c) tell the time (d) hear the heartbeat
  23. 23.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) the Wright brothers (b) René Laennec (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Louis Braille
  25. 25.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: a stethoscope helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: a calculator helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) printing press (b) compass (c) clock (d) stethoscope
  29. 29.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Edward Jenner (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  30. 30.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the printing press (d) X-rays
  32. 32.What does a telephone help us do? (a) find directions (b) do sums quickly (c) hear the heartbeat (d) talk to people far away
  33. 33.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Edward Jenner (d) René Laennec
  34. 34.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the electric battery (c) X-rays (d) the first aeroplane
  36. 36.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) microscope (b) stethoscope (c) printing press (d) telephone
  37. 37.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alessandro Volta
  38. 38.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) penicillin (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the telephone
  39. 39.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) calculator (b) microscope (c) telephone (d) clock
  40. 40.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) telephone (b) calculator (c) compass (d) thermometer

Answer key

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

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