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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 342 · 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.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) printing press (b) microscope (c) telephone (d) stethoscope
  2. 2.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the telephone (b) the printing press (c) the first aeroplane (d) the stethoscope
  3. 3.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) René Laennec (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) the Wright brothers
  4. 4.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the telephone (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the printing press
  5. 5.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) René Laennec (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Louis Braille (d) Alexander Fleming
  6. 6.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the telephone (c) the first aeroplane (d) penicillin
  7. 7.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.What does a telescope help us do? (a) print many books (b) tell the time (c) measure body temperature (d) see faraway stars
  9. 9.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) René Laennec (b) Louis Braille (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  10. 10.True or false: a calculator helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) X-rays (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the printing press (d) the first aeroplane
  12. 12.True or false: a stethoscope helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.What does a microscope help us do? (a) tell the time (b) talk to people far away (c) see tiny germs (d) find directions
  14. 14.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the printing press (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) X-rays
  15. 15.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the telephone (b) raised-dot writing (c) the first aeroplane (d) the stethoscope
  17. 17.What does a calculator help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) measure body temperature (c) see tiny germs (d) print many books
  18. 18.True or false: a thermometer helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) hear the heartbeat (c) find directions (d) see tiny germs
  21. 21.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) the Wright brothers (d) Louis Braille
  22. 22.True or false: a telephone helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) clock (b) microscope (c) telephone (d) thermometer
  25. 25.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the telephone (b) X-rays (c) the electric battery (d) the printing press
  27. 27.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.What does a clock help us do? (a) tell the time (b) measure body temperature (c) see tiny germs (d) talk to people far away
  30. 30.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) X-rays (b) the first aeroplane (c) the stethoscope (d) the telephone
  32. 32.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Louis Braille (c) Edward Jenner (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  33. 33.True or false: a telescope helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Louis Braille (b) Edward Jenner (c) Alessandro Volta (d) the Wright brothers
  35. 35.What does a telephone help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) tell the time (c) print many books (d) talk to people far away
  36. 36.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Alexander Fleming (c) the Wright brothers (d) René Laennec
  39. 39.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) telephone (b) microscope (c) printing press (d) stethoscope
  40. 40.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. stethoscope
  2. the first aeroplane
  3. Johannes Gutenberg
  4. the smallpox vaccine
  5. Alessandro Volta
  6. penicillin
  7. True
  8. see faraway stars
  9. Wilhelm Röntgen
  10. False
  11. the printing press
  12. False
  13. see tiny germs
  14. X-rays
  15. True
  16. raised-dot writing
  17. do sums quickly
  18. False
  19. True
  20. hear the heartbeat
  21. the Wright brothers
  22. False
  23. True
  24. thermometer
  25. True
  26. the electric battery
  27. True
  28. False
  29. tell the time
  30. True
  31. the telephone
  32. Edward Jenner
  33. False
  34. Louis Braille
  35. talk to people far away
  36. True
  37. False
  38. Alexander Fleming
  39. telephone
  40. False

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