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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 172 · 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.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the stethoscope (c) the electric battery (d) penicillin
  2. 2.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the telephone (b) the printing press (c) raised-dot writing (d) X-rays
  3. 3.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: a printing press helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.What does a telescope help us do? (a) find directions (b) print many books (c) talk to people far away (d) see faraway stars
  7. 7.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Louis Braille (d) the Wright brothers
  8. 8.What does a telephone help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) talk to people far away (c) see faraway stars (d) find directions
  9. 9.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  12. 12.What does a clock help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) tell the time (c) do sums quickly (d) print many books
  13. 13.True or false: a clock helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Louis Braille
  15. 15.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Edward Jenner (b) the Wright brothers (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) René Laennec
  16. 16.True or false: a printing press helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.What does a microscope help us do? (a) find directions (b) see tiny germs (c) see faraway stars (d) do sums quickly
  18. 18.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) René Laennec (b) Louis Braille (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  19. 19.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Alessandro Volta (d) the Wright brothers
  20. 20.True or false: a telephone helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the printing press (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the electric battery (d) penicillin
  22. 22.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) talk to people far away (c) measure body temperature (d) tell the time
  23. 23.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the electric battery (c) the stethoscope (d) penicillin
  24. 24.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) the Wright brothers (b) René Laennec (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  25. 25.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) compass (b) telephone (c) microscope (d) thermometer
  26. 26.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) René Laennec (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alexander Fleming
  27. 27.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) René Laennec (d) Edward Jenner
  28. 28.What does a calculator help us do? (a) find directions (b) see faraway stars (c) do sums quickly (d) see tiny germs
  29. 29.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the printing press (b) the stethoscope (c) the first aeroplane (d) the smallpox vaccine
  30. 30.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) telescope (b) thermometer (c) telephone (d) stethoscope
  32. 32.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) raised-dot writing (c) the stethoscope (d) the telephone
  37. 37.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) calculator (b) stethoscope (c) telephone (d) thermometer
  38. 38.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) telephone (b) clock (c) telescope (d) compass
  39. 39.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) see faraway stars (c) find directions (d) measure body temperature
  40. 40.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) compass (b) calculator (c) clock (d) printing press

Answer key

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

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