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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

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

Answer key

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

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