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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 194 · 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 René Laennec give us? (a) penicillin (b) the telephone (c) the stethoscope (d) the electric battery
  2. 2.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) René Laennec (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Alessandro Volta
  3. 3.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: a clock helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: a microscope helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) hear the heartbeat (c) measure body temperature (d) see faraway stars
  7. 7.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) René Laennec (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) the Wright brothers (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  9. 9.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the electric battery (b) X-rays (c) raised-dot writing (d) the first aeroplane
  10. 10.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the printing press (b) X-rays (c) the first aeroplane (d) the electric battery
  11. 11.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: René Laennec gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) calculator (b) microscope (c) stethoscope (d) telescope
  15. 15.What does a compass help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) find directions (c) hear the heartbeat (d) see tiny germs
  16. 16.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Louis Braille (d) René Laennec
  17. 17.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Alessandro Volta
  18. 18.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  19. 19.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: a microscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the electric battery (c) penicillin (d) the printing press
  22. 22.True or false: a telescope helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: a microscope helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  25. 25.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) telephone (b) microscope (c) clock (d) compass
  27. 27.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) X-rays (d) the printing press
  32. 32.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) thermometer (b) compass (c) calculator (d) microscope
  33. 33.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) penicillin (c) the stethoscope (d) the telephone
  34. 34.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) printing press (b) telephone (c) clock (d) compass
  35. 35.True or false: a compass helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.What does a telescope help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) hear the heartbeat (c) talk to people far away (d) do sums quickly
  38. 38.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) penicillin (b) the stethoscope (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) raised-dot writing
  39. 39.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) X-rays (b) penicillin (c) the telephone (d) raised-dot writing
  40. 40.What does a telephone help us do? (a) find directions (b) talk to people far away (c) hear the heartbeat (d) measure body temperature

Answer key

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

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