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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 207 · 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) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) the Wright brothers (d) René Laennec
  2. 2.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the telephone (b) X-rays (c) raised-dot writing (d) the printing press
  3. 3.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Louis Braille (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alessandro Volta
  6. 6.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Alessandro Volta
  7. 7.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Louis Braille (c) Edward Jenner (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  8. 8.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) thermometer (b) clock (c) printing press (d) telephone
  9. 9.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) printing press (b) telescope (c) microscope (d) thermometer
  10. 10.True or false: a printing press helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: a calculator helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the telephone (c) the stethoscope (d) the electric battery
  13. 13.True or false: a telephone helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: a printing press helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) compass (b) clock (c) microscope (d) telescope
  17. 17.What does a calculator help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) hear the heartbeat (c) tell the time (d) measure body temperature
  18. 18.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) clock (b) telephone (c) calculator (d) thermometer
  21. 21.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: a telephone helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) hear the heartbeat (c) talk to people far away (d) measure body temperature
  25. 25.What does a telescope help us do? (a) tell the time (b) do sums quickly (c) see faraway stars (d) print many books
  26. 26.True or false: a microscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.What does a clock help us do? (a) find directions (b) tell the time (c) talk to people far away (d) see faraway stars
  30. 30.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) René Laennec (b) Louis Braille (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Alexander Fleming
  32. 32.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: René Laennec gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the telephone (b) penicillin (c) the first aeroplane (d) X-rays
  36. 36.What does a compass help us do? (a) find directions (b) do sums quickly (c) measure body temperature (d) tell the time
  37. 37.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) René Laennec (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  38. 38.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the electric battery (c) penicillin (d) X-rays
  39. 39.What does a microscope help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) see tiny germs (c) find directions (d) talk to people far away
  40. 40.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) the Wright brothers (c) Louis Braille (d) René Laennec

Answer key

  1. Alessandro Volta
  2. the printing press
  3. False
  4. False
  5. Alexander Graham Bell
  6. Edward Jenner
  7. the Wright brothers
  8. printing press
  9. telescope
  10. False
  11. False
  12. the stethoscope
  13. False
  14. False
  15. False
  16. compass
  17. do sums quickly
  18. True
  19. True
  20. calculator
  21. False
  22. False
  23. True
  24. hear the heartbeat
  25. see faraway stars
  26. False
  27. False
  28. True
  29. tell the time
  30. True
  31. Alexander Fleming
  32. True
  33. False
  34. True
  35. the first aeroplane
  36. find directions
  37. Johannes Gutenberg
  38. X-rays
  39. see tiny germs
  40. Louis Braille

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