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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 206 · 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) René Laennec (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  2. 2.What does a calculator help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) hear the heartbeat (c) tell the time (d) do sums quickly
  3. 3.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) printing press (b) thermometer (c) telephone (d) stethoscope
  4. 4.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the telephone (b) X-rays (c) the first aeroplane (d) the stethoscope
  6. 6.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) see faraway stars (c) see tiny germs (d) print many books
  7. 7.True or false: a telephone helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) René Laennec (b) Louis Braille (c) the Wright brothers (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  9. 9.True or false: a printing press helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the telephone (b) the stethoscope (c) X-rays (d) raised-dot writing
  11. 11.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the printing press (c) the telephone (d) the smallpox vaccine
  12. 12.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the first aeroplane (d) the printing press
  15. 15.What does a telephone help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) hear the heartbeat (c) do sums quickly (d) see tiny germs
  16. 16.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Louis Braille (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) René Laennec
  17. 17.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Louis Braille (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alessandro Volta
  19. 19.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Louis Braille (d) René Laennec
  20. 20.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Alexander Fleming (d) René Laennec
  21. 21.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) clock (b) telescope (c) stethoscope (d) telephone
  22. 22.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the first aeroplane (c) the telephone (d) the printing press
  23. 23.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) calculator (b) printing press (c) microscope (d) compass
  24. 24.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the electric battery (c) the stethoscope (d) raised-dot writing
  25. 25.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) stethoscope (b) calculator (c) thermometer (d) printing press
  26. 26.What does a clock help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) tell the time (c) measure body temperature (d) do sums quickly
  27. 27.True or false: René Laennec gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) René Laennec (d) Edward Jenner
  32. 32.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Louis Braille (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  33. 33.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the telephone (b) penicillin (c) the stethoscope (d) raised-dot writing
  35. 35.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) thermometer (b) telescope (c) clock (d) printing press
  37. 37.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: René Laennec gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the telephone (c) penicillin (d) the electric battery
  40. 40.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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