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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 366 · 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 Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the electric battery (b) X-rays (c) the printing press (d) penicillin
  2. 2.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Louis Braille (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alessandro Volta
  3. 3.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alessandro Volta
  4. 4.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) penicillin (c) X-rays (d) the telephone
  5. 5.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) the Wright brothers (b) René Laennec (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alexander Fleming
  6. 6.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the first aeroplane (c) X-rays (d) the electric battery
  7. 7.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) the Wright brothers (c) René Laennec (d) Louis Braille
  8. 8.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: René Laennec gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: a telephone helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) calculator (b) microscope (c) thermometer (d) telephone
  13. 13.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Alexander Fleming
  14. 14.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) telephone (b) thermometer (c) microscope (d) telescope
  15. 15.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) printing press (b) telephone (c) stethoscope (d) compass
  16. 16.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) X-rays (c) the telephone (d) the stethoscope
  17. 17.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) penicillin (c) the telephone (d) raised-dot writing
  18. 18.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: René Laennec gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.What does a compass help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) find directions (c) do sums quickly (d) see tiny germs
  24. 24.True or false: a clock helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the telephone (c) penicillin (d) the first aeroplane
  26. 26.True or false: a stethoscope helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the first aeroplane (c) the electric battery (d) the stethoscope
  28. 28.What does a telephone help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) find directions (c) hear the heartbeat (d) talk to people far away
  29. 29.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Louis Braille
  31. 31.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) stethoscope (b) telephone (c) thermometer (d) microscope
  32. 32.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the telephone (b) X-rays (c) the electric battery (d) the first aeroplane
  33. 33.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) telephone (b) calculator (c) telescope (d) stethoscope
  34. 34.True or false: René Laennec gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: Louis Braille gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) tell the time (c) find directions (d) measure body temperature
  37. 37.True or false: a telescope helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Louis Braille (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  39. 39.True or false: a calculator helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the telephone (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) penicillin

Answer key

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

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