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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 165 · 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) Alexander Fleming (b) the Wright brothers (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Edward Jenner
  2. 2.What does a microscope help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) see faraway stars (c) see tiny germs (d) hear the heartbeat
  3. 3.True or false: René Laennec gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the telephone (c) raised-dot writing (d) X-rays
  5. 5.What does a printing press help us do? (a) find directions (b) hear the heartbeat (c) print many books (d) see tiny germs
  6. 6.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the printing press (c) the electric battery (d) penicillin
  7. 7.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) X-rays (b) penicillin (c) the first aeroplane (d) raised-dot writing
  8. 8.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the electric battery (b) X-rays (c) penicillin (d) the smallpox vaccine
  12. 12.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Louis Braille (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alessandro Volta (d) the Wright brothers
  13. 13.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) René Laennec (b) Louis Braille (c) the Wright brothers (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  14. 14.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) microscope (b) thermometer (c) calculator (d) compass
  15. 15.True or false: a thermometer helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) René Laennec (b) the Wright brothers (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alessandro Volta
  17. 17.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) stethoscope (b) telephone (c) printing press (d) clock
  18. 18.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the electric battery (b) penicillin (c) the stethoscope (d) the smallpox vaccine
  19. 19.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the telephone (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the printing press
  20. 20.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) print many books (b) talk to people far away (c) see tiny germs (d) measure body temperature
  21. 21.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the telephone (b) the first aeroplane (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the printing press
  22. 22.What does a telescope help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) print many books (c) do sums quickly (d) see faraway stars
  23. 23.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) telescope (b) telephone (c) microscope (d) printing press
  26. 26.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.What does a calculator help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) measure body temperature (c) find directions (d) talk to people far away
  29. 29.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: a telephone helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: a stethoscope helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Louis Braille (d) René Laennec
  33. 33.True or false: a clock helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Louis Braille (d) the Wright brothers
  35. 35.What does a clock help us do? (a) find directions (b) hear the heartbeat (c) tell the time (d) talk to people far away
  36. 36.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) compass (b) printing press (c) clock (d) thermometer
  37. 37.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  39. 39.True or false: a thermometer helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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