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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 328 · 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 raised-dot writing? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) the Wright brothers (c) Louis Braille (d) Edward Jenner
  2. 2.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) penicillin (c) the first aeroplane (d) the printing press
  3. 3.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the telephone (b) the electric battery (c) penicillin (d) raised-dot writing
  4. 4.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the telephone (c) raised-dot writing (d) the printing press
  5. 5.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) telephone (b) microscope (c) thermometer (d) stethoscope
  7. 7.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: a clock helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.What does a telephone help us do? (a) find directions (b) talk to people far away (c) measure body temperature (d) hear the heartbeat
  10. 10.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Alessandro Volta (c) René Laennec (d) Louis Braille
  11. 11.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Louis Braille (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alexander Fleming
  12. 12.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Louis Braille (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  14. 14.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) X-rays (b) penicillin (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the electric battery
  16. 16.What does a compass help us do? (a) print many books (b) measure body temperature (c) find directions (d) hear the heartbeat
  17. 17.True or false: a stethoscope helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: a printing press helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) telephone (b) printing press (c) telescope (d) compass
  21. 21.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the first aeroplane (c) the printing press (d) penicillin
  23. 23.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) the Wright brothers
  25. 25.What does a telescope help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) talk to people far away (c) print many books (d) see faraway stars
  26. 26.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) telephone (b) clock (c) telescope (d) calculator
  27. 27.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) hear the heartbeat (c) measure body temperature (d) see tiny germs
  29. 29.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: a printing press helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) compass (b) thermometer (c) calculator (d) stethoscope
  32. 32.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the telephone (d) the printing press
  33. 33.True or false: a telephone helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) thermometer (b) printing press (c) stethoscope (d) telescope
  35. 35.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: a thermometer helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) thermometer (b) telephone (c) microscope (d) calculator
  40. 40.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Louis Braille
  2. the printing press
  3. raised-dot writing
  4. the telephone
  5. False
  6. stethoscope
  7. False
  8. False
  9. talk to people far away
  10. Alessandro Volta
  11. Alexander Graham Bell
  12. False
  13. Wilhelm Röntgen
  14. False
  15. the smallpox vaccine
  16. find directions
  17. False
  18. False
  19. True
  20. telescope
  21. True
  22. penicillin
  23. True
  24. Edward Jenner
  25. see faraway stars
  26. calculator
  27. True
  28. measure body temperature
  29. False
  30. False
  31. thermometer
  32. the stethoscope
  33. False
  34. printing press
  35. True
  36. False
  37. False
  38. False
  39. telephone
  40. False

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