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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 171 · 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 printing press? (a) Louis Braille (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  2. 2.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Louis Braille (b) René Laennec (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  3. 3.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) René Laennec (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Louis Braille
  4. 4.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) telephone (b) printing press (c) telescope (d) compass
  5. 5.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) thermometer (b) telescope (c) calculator (d) compass
  6. 6.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) X-rays (b) the first aeroplane (c) penicillin (d) raised-dot writing
  7. 7.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) René Laennec (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Louis Braille
  8. 8.True or false: a printing press helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Alessandro Volta (d) René Laennec
  10. 10.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the telephone (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) raised-dot writing (d) penicillin
  11. 11.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.What does a printing press help us do? (a) tell the time (b) hear the heartbeat (c) talk to people far away (d) print many books
  13. 13.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) X-rays (c) penicillin (d) the first aeroplane
  17. 17.What does a telescope help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) print many books (c) tell the time (d) find directions
  18. 18.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.What does a calculator help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) tell the time (c) print many books (d) do sums quickly
  20. 20.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) telescope (b) microscope (c) clock (d) thermometer
  21. 21.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) microscope (b) printing press (c) thermometer (d) telescope
  23. 23.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) stethoscope (b) calculator (c) clock (d) compass
  24. 24.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) compass (b) clock (c) thermometer (d) stethoscope
  25. 25.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) print many books (b) see tiny germs (c) find directions (d) measure body temperature
  26. 26.True or false: a compass helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) printing press (b) compass (c) telescope (d) telephone
  28. 28.What does a telephone help us do? (a) tell the time (b) see tiny germs (c) talk to people far away (d) find directions
  29. 29.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alexander Fleming
  30. 30.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) X-rays (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the stethoscope
  31. 31.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alexander Fleming
  32. 32.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: a calculator helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) X-rays (c) the printing press (d) the stethoscope
  36. 36.What does a clock help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) tell the time (c) measure body temperature (d) find directions
  37. 37.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the telephone (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the first aeroplane (d) penicillin
  38. 38.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Louis Braille (b) the Wright brothers (c) Alessandro Volta (d) René Laennec
  39. 39.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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