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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 237 · 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 Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the printing press (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) X-rays
  2. 2.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) telephone (b) stethoscope (c) microscope (d) telescope
  3. 3.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Louis Braille (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  5. 5.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.What does a compass help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) talk to people far away (c) hear the heartbeat (d) find directions
  7. 7.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alessandro Volta
  8. 8.True or false: a thermometer helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the printing press (b) the telephone (c) the electric battery (d) the smallpox vaccine
  10. 10.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) René Laennec (c) the Wright brothers (d) Edward Jenner
  12. 12.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Louis Braille (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alexander Fleming
  13. 13.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the telephone (b) the first aeroplane (c) the printing press (d) penicillin
  14. 14.What does a microscope help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) talk to people far away (c) see tiny germs (d) do sums quickly
  15. 15.True or false: a compass helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) print many books (b) do sums quickly (c) see faraway stars (d) measure body temperature
  18. 18.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) printing press (b) telephone (c) compass (d) calculator
  19. 19.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) penicillin (c) the electric battery (d) the telephone
  21. 21.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Edward Jenner (d) René Laennec
  22. 22.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Louis Braille (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alexander Fleming
  23. 23.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the stethoscope (c) raised-dot writing (d) penicillin
  24. 24.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) calculator (b) clock (c) thermometer (d) stethoscope
  25. 25.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) printing press (b) stethoscope (c) telephone (d) calculator
  27. 27.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: a telephone helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.What does a calculator help us do? (a) print many books (b) find directions (c) see tiny germs (d) do sums quickly
  31. 31.True or false: a printing press helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.What does a telephone help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) see tiny germs (c) print many books (d) talk to people far away
  34. 34.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the telephone (b) the electric battery (c) X-rays (d) the printing press
  35. 35.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the printing press (b) the telephone (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the first aeroplane
  36. 36.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) stethoscope (b) clock (c) thermometer (d) telescope
  37. 37.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) raised-dot writing (c) X-rays (d) the telephone
  40. 40.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Louis Braille (d) the Wright brothers

Answer key

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

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