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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 187 · 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 electric battery? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Edward Jenner (c) the Wright brothers (d) Louis Braille
  2. 2.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the stethoscope (c) the printing press (d) raised-dot writing
  3. 3.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Edward Jenner (b) the Wright brothers (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Louis Braille
  4. 4.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.What did René Laennec give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the first aeroplane (c) X-rays (d) the stethoscope
  6. 6.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: a clock helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.What does a telescope help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) talk to people far away (c) measure body temperature (d) see tiny germs
  9. 9.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) hear the heartbeat (c) print many books (d) see tiny germs
  10. 10.True or false: a compass helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the telephone (c) the printing press (d) raised-dot writing
  13. 13.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) X-rays (c) the first aeroplane (d) the electric battery
  15. 15.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Louis Braille (b) the Wright brothers (c) Alessandro Volta (d) René Laennec
  17. 17.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) clock (b) microscope (c) printing press (d) stethoscope
  20. 20.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) René Laennec
  21. 21.What does a calculator help us do? (a) print many books (b) find directions (c) do sums quickly (d) see tiny germs
  22. 22.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) stethoscope (b) thermometer (c) microscope (d) compass
  23. 23.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) X-rays (b) raised-dot writing (c) the first aeroplane (d) the printing press
  25. 25.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) René Laennec (c) the Wright brothers (d) Edward Jenner
  26. 26.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Alexander Fleming (d) René Laennec
  27. 27.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) stethoscope (b) microscope (c) telephone (d) clock
  28. 28.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the printing press (b) the telephone (c) raised-dot writing (d) the stethoscope
  29. 29.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Edward Jenner (c) René Laennec (d) the Wright brothers
  30. 30.What does a printing press help us do? (a) tell the time (b) print many books (c) see tiny germs (d) talk to people far away
  31. 31.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) penicillin (c) the electric battery (d) the printing press
  34. 34.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) telescope (b) stethoscope (c) telephone (d) thermometer
  39. 39.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) penicillin (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) X-rays (d) the stethoscope
  40. 40.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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