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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 301 · 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 Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the telephone (b) the electric battery (c) raised-dot writing (d) the printing press
  2. 2.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) find directions (b) hear the heartbeat (c) talk to people far away (d) see faraway stars
  3. 3.What does a printing press help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) talk to people far away (c) see faraway stars (d) print many books
  4. 4.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the stethoscope (c) raised-dot writing (d) X-rays
  5. 5.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) X-rays (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the electric battery (d) raised-dot writing
  6. 6.What does a telescope help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) see faraway stars (c) talk to people far away (d) see tiny germs
  7. 7.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) telephone (b) calculator (c) stethoscope (d) printing press
  9. 9.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Louis Braille (c) Edward Jenner (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  11. 11.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the telephone (b) X-rays (c) the first aeroplane (d) the printing press
  12. 12.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) calculator (b) printing press (c) telescope (d) telephone
  15. 15.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the printing press (b) raised-dot writing (c) the stethoscope (d) penicillin
  16. 16.True or false: a thermometer helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.What does a compass help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) see tiny germs (c) hear the heartbeat (d) find directions
  20. 20.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  21. 21.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the telephone (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the stethoscope (d) raised-dot writing
  22. 22.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Louis Braille (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Edward Jenner
  24. 24.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) printing press (b) clock (c) compass (d) telescope
  25. 25.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) clock (b) telephone (c) thermometer (d) microscope
  28. 28.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.What does a clock help us do? (a) tell the time (b) talk to people far away (c) see faraway stars (d) do sums quickly
  31. 31.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) René Laennec (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Louis Braille (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  32. 32.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) penicillin (c) the telephone (d) the first aeroplane
  33. 33.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  34. 34.True or false: a thermometer helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the printing press (b) raised-dot writing (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the first aeroplane
  36. 36.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) René Laennec (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  37. 37.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) talk to people far away (c) see tiny germs (d) print many books
  39. 39.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) clock (b) compass (c) stethoscope (d) printing press
  40. 40.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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