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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 362 · 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 the first aeroplane? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) the Wright brothers (c) René Laennec (d) Alexander Fleming
  2. 2.True or false: a compass helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: a stethoscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.What does a telephone help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) do sums quickly (c) measure body temperature (d) see tiny germs
  6. 6.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) René Laennec (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Louis Braille
  7. 7.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Edward Jenner (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alessandro Volta
  8. 8.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the electric battery (b) penicillin (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the stethoscope
  9. 9.What does a clock help us do? (a) print many books (b) talk to people far away (c) tell the time (d) hear the heartbeat
  10. 10.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alexander Fleming
  11. 11.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the telephone (b) the stethoscope (c) the electric battery (d) the smallpox vaccine
  12. 12.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: a printing press helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the telephone (b) the stethoscope (c) the electric battery (d) the first aeroplane
  15. 15.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the printing press (b) the stethoscope (c) the telephone (d) raised-dot writing
  16. 16.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Louis Braille (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) René Laennec
  17. 17.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: a microscope helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  20. 20.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) find directions (c) see tiny germs (d) hear the heartbeat
  21. 21.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) penicillin (b) the telephone (c) the printing press (d) the first aeroplane
  22. 22.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) penicillin (c) raised-dot writing (d) the first aeroplane
  26. 26.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) stethoscope (b) thermometer (c) microscope (d) telephone
  27. 27.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) stethoscope (b) printing press (c) telephone (d) clock
  29. 29.True or false: a stethoscope helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Alexander Fleming (c) René Laennec (d) Louis Braille
  31. 31.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) thermometer (b) telescope (c) calculator (d) printing press
  32. 32.True or false: a telescope helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.What does a compass help us do? (a) find directions (b) do sums quickly (c) hear the heartbeat (d) see tiny germs
  34. 34.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Alexander Fleming (c) the Wright brothers (d) Louis Braille
  36. 36.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: a clock helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: a printing press helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: a calculator helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. the Wright brothers
  2. False
  3. False
  4. True
  5. talk to people far away
  6. Johannes Gutenberg
  7. Edward Jenner
  8. the smallpox vaccine
  9. tell the time
  10. Alessandro Volta
  11. the telephone
  12. True
  13. False
  14. the stethoscope
  15. raised-dot writing
  16. Alexander Graham Bell
  17. True
  18. False
  19. Wilhelm Röntgen
  20. hear the heartbeat
  21. penicillin
  22. True
  23. True
  24. False
  25. the first aeroplane
  26. thermometer
  27. True
  28. telephone
  29. False
  30. René Laennec
  31. telescope
  32. False
  33. find directions
  34. False
  35. Alexander Fleming
  36. True
  37. False
  38. False
  39. False
  40. False

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