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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 196 · 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) the electric battery (b) the stethoscope (c) X-rays (d) the telephone
  2. 2.What does a telephone help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) measure body temperature (c) talk to people far away (d) tell the time
  3. 3.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the printing press (b) the first aeroplane (c) raised-dot writing (d) the stethoscope
  4. 4.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the telephone (c) raised-dot writing (d) the smallpox vaccine
  5. 5.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the telephone (b) penicillin (c) X-rays (d) the stethoscope
  7. 7.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Alexander Fleming (c) the Wright brothers (d) Edward Jenner
  8. 8.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.What does a printing press help us do? (a) find directions (b) measure body temperature (c) talk to people far away (d) print many books
  10. 10.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) René Laennec (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Alessandro Volta
  11. 11.What does a clock help us do? (a) print many books (b) find directions (c) tell the time (d) see faraway stars
  12. 12.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Alessandro Volta (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  14. 14.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: a calculator helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.What does a telescope help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) talk to people far away (c) hear the heartbeat (d) do sums quickly
  19. 19.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) compass (b) stethoscope (c) microscope (d) thermometer
  20. 20.True or false: René Laennec gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) X-rays (b) raised-dot writing (c) the first aeroplane (d) the printing press
  22. 22.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Alessandro Volta
  23. 23.True or false: a telephone helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the printing press (b) raised-dot writing (c) the telephone (d) X-rays
  25. 25.True or false: a compass helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) raised-dot writing (c) the electric battery (d) penicillin
  27. 27.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) calculator (b) stethoscope (c) thermometer (d) telescope
  28. 28.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the telephone (c) raised-dot writing (d) the smallpox vaccine
  29. 29.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Edward Jenner (b) René Laennec (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Louis Braille
  31. 31.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) tell the time (b) find directions (c) measure body temperature (d) print many books
  32. 32.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) telephone (b) printing press (c) calculator (d) thermometer
  33. 33.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: a microscope helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: a telephone helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) talk to people far away (c) do sums quickly (d) hear the heartbeat
  38. 38.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) stethoscope (b) calculator (c) compass (d) printing press
  40. 40.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Louis Braille (d) the Wright brothers

Answer key

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

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