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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 393 · 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 printing press? (a) Louis Braille (b) René Laennec (c) the Wright brothers (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  2. 2.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alexander Fleming
  3. 3.What does a calculator help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) do sums quickly (c) measure body temperature (d) print many books
  4. 4.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) telescope (b) printing press (c) telephone (d) compass
  5. 5.True or false: a clock helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the first aeroplane (c) raised-dot writing (d) X-rays
  7. 7.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the first aeroplane (c) X-rays (d) penicillin
  8. 8.True or false: a compass helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) raised-dot writing (c) X-rays (d) penicillin
  10. 10.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) thermometer (b) clock (c) compass (d) calculator
  12. 12.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Louis Braille (b) Edward Jenner (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alessandro Volta
  13. 13.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) the Wright brothers (d) René Laennec
  15. 15.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) talk to people far away (c) measure body temperature (d) do sums quickly
  17. 17.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the electric battery (c) the telephone (d) penicillin
  18. 18.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  20. 20.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Louis Braille (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  21. 21.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Alessandro Volta
  22. 22.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Alexander Fleming
  24. 24.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the first aeroplane (c) the stethoscope (d) the telephone
  25. 25.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) raised-dot writing (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the printing press
  27. 27.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.What does a microscope help us do? (a) print many books (b) do sums quickly (c) see tiny germs (d) find directions
  29. 29.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) telephone (b) thermometer (c) telescope (d) stethoscope
  31. 31.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the telephone (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) raised-dot writing
  32. 32.What does a telephone help us do? (a) find directions (b) tell the time (c) talk to people far away (d) see tiny germs
  33. 33.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) compass (b) clock (c) thermometer (d) telephone
  34. 34.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.What does a printing press help us do? (a) find directions (b) print many books (c) see tiny germs (d) see faraway stars
  36. 36.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) calculator (b) microscope (c) telephone (d) printing press
  37. 37.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) talk to people far away (c) do sums quickly (d) print many books
  39. 39.True or false: a microscope helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: a microscope helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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