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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 423 · 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 Alessandro Volta give us? (a) X-rays (b) penicillin (c) the electric battery (d) the telephone
  2. 2.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the printing press (c) penicillin (d) X-rays
  4. 4.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Alexander Fleming (c) René Laennec (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  5. 5.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the telephone (c) the first aeroplane (d) the printing press
  6. 6.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) penicillin (b) the electric battery (c) the printing press (d) raised-dot writing
  8. 8.True or false: a printing press helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the telephone (b) the printing press (c) the first aeroplane (d) raised-dot writing
  10. 10.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) raised-dot writing (c) the stethoscope (d) the smallpox vaccine
  12. 12.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) René Laennec (b) the Wright brothers (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  13. 13.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) thermometer (b) printing press (c) clock (d) telephone
  14. 14.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) René Laennec (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  15. 15.What does a calculator help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) talk to people far away (c) see tiny germs (d) do sums quickly
  16. 16.What does a telephone help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) tell the time (c) see faraway stars (d) print many books
  17. 17.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) hear the heartbeat (c) see tiny germs (d) talk to people far away
  20. 20.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Louis Braille (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  21. 21.True or false: a stethoscope helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) stethoscope (b) clock (c) compass (d) telescope
  23. 23.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the stethoscope (c) the electric battery (d) X-rays
  25. 25.What does a telescope help us do? (a) print many books (b) find directions (c) see faraway stars (d) hear the heartbeat
  26. 26.True or false: a microscope helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: a telescope helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: a compass helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.What does a printing press help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) print many books (c) tell the time (d) measure body temperature
  30. 30.What does a microscope help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) hear the heartbeat (c) see tiny germs (d) do sums quickly
  31. 31.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) René Laennec (b) the Wright brothers (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Louis Braille
  32. 32.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) René Laennec
  33. 33.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Edward Jenner
  34. 34.True or false: a stethoscope helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) hear the heartbeat (c) find directions (d) measure body temperature
  37. 37.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) clock (b) microscope (c) printing press (d) telescope
  39. 39.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) stethoscope (b) printing press (c) telephone (d) clock
  40. 40.True or false: a clock helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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