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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 414 · 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.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Louis Braille (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) René Laennec
  3. 3.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) measure body temperature (c) talk to people far away (d) find directions
  4. 4.What does a calculator help us do? (a) print many books (b) do sums quickly (c) hear the heartbeat (d) talk to people far away
  5. 5.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the printing press (b) X-rays (c) raised-dot writing (d) the electric battery
  6. 6.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the stethoscope (d) X-rays
  7. 7.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Edward Jenner (c) Louis Braille (d) the Wright brothers
  8. 8.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) stethoscope (b) clock (c) thermometer (d) telephone
  9. 9.True or false: René Laennec gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the telephone (b) the printing press (c) raised-dot writing (d) penicillin
  11. 11.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Louis Braille (d) the Wright brothers
  12. 12.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: a telephone helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.What does a printing press help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) find directions (c) talk to people far away (d) print many books
  15. 15.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) X-rays (c) penicillin (d) the first aeroplane
  17. 17.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the telephone (d) the printing press
  18. 18.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.What does a telephone help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) talk to people far away (c) measure body temperature (d) find directions
  20. 20.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Alessandro Volta (d) the Wright brothers
  21. 21.What does a compass help us do? (a) find directions (b) talk to people far away (c) tell the time (d) measure body temperature
  22. 22.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Alessandro Volta (c) René Laennec (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  23. 23.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) printing press (b) stethoscope (c) telephone (d) thermometer
  24. 24.True or false: René Laennec gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: a telephone helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: a printing press helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) stethoscope (b) thermometer (c) calculator (d) telescope
  28. 28.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) telephone (b) telescope (c) stethoscope (d) calculator
  31. 31.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) telephone (b) printing press (c) thermometer (d) stethoscope
  32. 32.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) raised-dot writing (c) penicillin (d) the printing press
  34. 34.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the electric battery (c) the first aeroplane (d) the printing press
  36. 36.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) stethoscope (b) telescope (c) microscope (d) thermometer
  37. 37.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the electric battery (b) X-rays (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the printing press
  38. 38.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) René Laennec (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Alessandro Volta
  40. 40.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) thermometer (b) telephone (c) compass (d) stethoscope

Answer key

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

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