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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 339 · 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) Louis Braille (b) the Wright brothers (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Edward Jenner
  2. 2.True or false: a telescope helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: a telescope helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.What does a calculator help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) do sums quickly (c) find directions (d) print many books
  6. 6.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the stethoscope (c) the telephone (d) X-rays
  7. 7.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Louis Braille (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) René Laennec
  8. 8.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the electric battery (b) raised-dot writing (c) the telephone (d) the stethoscope
  10. 10.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) clock (b) telephone (c) calculator (d) compass
  11. 11.What does a compass help us do? (a) print many books (b) find directions (c) talk to people far away (d) tell the time
  12. 12.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) the Wright brothers (c) René Laennec (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  13. 13.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) clock (b) telephone (c) thermometer (d) microscope
  14. 14.What does a clock help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) tell the time (c) print many books (d) see tiny germs
  15. 15.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: a clock helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) stethoscope (b) clock (c) compass (d) printing press
  18. 18.What does a telescope help us do? (a) find directions (b) tell the time (c) see faraway stars (d) print many books
  19. 19.What does a printing press help us do? (a) print many books (b) talk to people far away (c) see tiny germs (d) do sums quickly
  20. 20.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) René Laennec (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Alessandro Volta (d) the Wright brothers
  21. 21.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: a microscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) find directions (c) see tiny germs (d) measure body temperature
  24. 24.What does a telephone help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) measure body temperature (c) hear the heartbeat (d) print many books
  25. 25.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) René Laennec (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alexander Fleming
  26. 26.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) X-rays (c) the telephone (d) the electric battery
  27. 27.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Louis Braille (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alexander Fleming
  29. 29.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Alessandro Volta (c) René Laennec (d) Edward Jenner
  30. 30.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) clock (b) telescope (c) stethoscope (d) thermometer
  31. 31.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the electric battery (b) raised-dot writing (c) the printing press (d) the stethoscope
  33. 33.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: a compass helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) find directions (b) measure body temperature (c) print many books (d) talk to people far away
  38. 38.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Louis Braille (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  39. 39.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the telephone (b) the printing press (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) raised-dot writing

Answer key

  1. Louis Braille
  2. False
  3. False
  4. False
  5. do sums quickly
  6. the stethoscope
  7. René Laennec
  8. True
  9. the telephone
  10. telephone
  11. find directions
  12. Alexander Graham Bell
  13. microscope
  14. tell the time
  15. True
  16. False
  17. clock
  18. see faraway stars
  19. print many books
  20. Wilhelm Röntgen
  21. True
  22. False
  23. hear the heartbeat
  24. talk to people far away
  25. the Wright brothers
  26. X-rays
  27. False
  28. Alexander Fleming
  29. Alessandro Volta
  30. stethoscope
  31. True
  32. the printing press
  33. True
  34. False
  35. False
  36. False
  37. measure body temperature
  38. Edward Jenner
  39. False
  40. the smallpox vaccine

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