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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 384 · 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 Edward Jenner give us? (a) X-rays (b) the printing press (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) penicillin
  2. 2.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) compass (b) stethoscope (c) telephone (d) printing press
  3. 3.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) telephone (b) stethoscope (c) telescope (d) clock
  4. 4.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Edward Jenner (c) Alexander Fleming (d) the Wright brothers
  5. 5.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) René Laennec (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  6. 6.True or false: René Laennec gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.What did René Laennec give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the printing press (c) the stethoscope (d) the telephone
  8. 8.True or false: a compass helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) calculator (b) printing press (c) telephone (d) thermometer
  10. 10.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) X-rays (b) the first aeroplane (c) the telephone (d) the smallpox vaccine
  11. 11.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Louis Braille (b) Alessandro Volta (c) René Laennec (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  12. 12.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Edward Jenner (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  13. 13.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the printing press (c) penicillin (d) the electric battery
  14. 14.What does a telephone help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) talk to people far away (c) measure body temperature (d) tell the time
  15. 15.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Louis Braille (c) Alessandro Volta (d) the Wright brothers
  16. 16.What does a telescope help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) find directions (c) hear the heartbeat (d) see faraway stars
  17. 17.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) X-rays (b) the printing press (c) the stethoscope (d) the telephone
  18. 18.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) telescope (b) clock (c) compass (d) stethoscope
  20. 20.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) calculator (b) thermometer (c) clock (d) stethoscope
  24. 24.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Louis Braille
  26. 26.True or false: a thermometer helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the electric battery (c) the telephone (d) the first aeroplane
  28. 28.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the telephone (c) the electric battery (d) the first aeroplane
  29. 29.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) X-rays (b) raised-dot writing (c) the electric battery (d) the telephone
  30. 30.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Louis Braille
  31. 31.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) hear the heartbeat (c) talk to people far away (d) print many books
  33. 33.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: a calculator helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) René Laennec (d) the Wright brothers
  36. 36.True or false: a telephone helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: a compass helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.What does a compass help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) measure body temperature (c) find directions (d) see tiny germs
  39. 39.True or false: a microscope helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Louis Braille (d) Johannes Gutenberg

Answer key

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

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