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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 186 · 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 X-rays? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Louis Braille (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  2. 2.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the telephone (b) raised-dot writing (c) the first aeroplane (d) the smallpox vaccine
  3. 3.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) stethoscope (b) thermometer (c) clock (d) microscope
  4. 4.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) find directions (c) see faraway stars (d) hear the heartbeat
  5. 5.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) the Wright brothers
  8. 8.What does a telephone help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) find directions (c) talk to people far away (d) do sums quickly
  9. 9.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.What does a calculator help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) talk to people far away (c) hear the heartbeat (d) see tiny germs
  12. 12.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the printing press (d) penicillin
  14. 14.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) telephone (b) clock (c) stethoscope (d) thermometer
  15. 15.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) raised-dot writing (d) the first aeroplane
  17. 17.What does a compass help us do? (a) tell the time (b) hear the heartbeat (c) find directions (d) talk to people far away
  18. 18.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) telescope (b) clock (c) thermometer (d) printing press
  19. 19.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) the Wright brothers (c) René Laennec (d) Alessandro Volta
  20. 20.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the telephone (c) penicillin (d) the stethoscope
  21. 21.True or false: a telephone helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Edward Jenner (c) Alexander Fleming (d) René Laennec
  23. 23.True or false: a calculator helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the telephone (b) the first aeroplane (c) penicillin (d) the printing press
  25. 25.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) the Wright brothers (c) Louis Braille (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  26. 26.True or false: a stethoscope helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: a stethoscope helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: a telephone helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) the Wright brothers (c) Edward Jenner (d) Louis Braille
  32. 32.True or false: a printing press helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.What does a printing press help us do? (a) tell the time (b) see tiny germs (c) print many books (d) do sums quickly
  34. 34.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) X-rays (c) raised-dot writing (d) the first aeroplane
  35. 35.True or false: a clock helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) calculator (b) stethoscope (c) thermometer (d) telescope
  39. 39.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) microscope (b) thermometer (c) calculator (d) telephone
  40. 40.True or false: a telephone helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Wilhelm Röntgen
  2. raised-dot writing
  3. clock
  4. hear the heartbeat
  5. True
  6. False
  7. Alexander Graham Bell
  8. talk to people far away
  9. True
  10. False
  11. do sums quickly
  12. True
  13. the printing press
  14. stethoscope
  15. True
  16. the electric battery
  17. find directions
  18. thermometer
  19. Johannes Gutenberg
  20. penicillin
  21. False
  22. René Laennec
  23. False
  24. the telephone
  25. Louis Braille
  26. False
  27. True
  28. False
  29. False
  30. False
  31. the Wright brothers
  32. False
  33. print many books
  34. the first aeroplane
  35. False
  36. False
  37. False
  38. calculator
  39. telephone
  40. False

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