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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 497 · 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 smallpox vaccine? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Edward Jenner (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  2. 2.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) René Laennec (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Alessandro Volta (d) the Wright brothers
  3. 3.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Louis Braille (c) Alessandro Volta (d) René Laennec
  4. 4.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) penicillin (c) X-rays (d) the printing press
  5. 5.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) the Wright brothers (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alexander Fleming
  6. 6.What does a calculator help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) print many books (c) hear the heartbeat (d) see tiny germs
  7. 7.What does a telescope help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) tell the time (c) see faraway stars (d) measure body temperature
  8. 8.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alexander Fleming
  9. 9.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) telephone (b) printing press (c) compass (d) microscope
  10. 10.True or false: René Laennec gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) compass (b) telephone (c) stethoscope (d) thermometer
  12. 12.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the telephone (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the stethoscope (d) the first aeroplane
  15. 15.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) telephone (b) stethoscope (c) microscope (d) thermometer
  17. 17.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) X-rays (c) the printing press (d) the electric battery
  19. 19.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  20. 20.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) stethoscope (b) compass (c) printing press (d) calculator
  21. 21.True or false: a telescope helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Louis Braille (d) Alessandro Volta
  23. 23.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the stethoscope (c) the electric battery (d) X-rays
  24. 24.What does a clock help us do? (a) print many books (b) tell the time (c) do sums quickly (d) talk to people far away
  25. 25.What does a printing press help us do? (a) find directions (b) do sums quickly (c) print many books (d) see faraway stars
  26. 26.True or false: a telescope helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Louis Braille (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Alessandro Volta
  28. 28.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) compass (b) calculator (c) printing press (d) microscope
  29. 29.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) stethoscope (b) thermometer (c) clock (d) microscope
  32. 32.True or false: a telephone helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) calculator (b) thermometer (c) printing press (d) compass
  35. 35.True or false: a thermometer helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the telephone (d) the stethoscope
  37. 37.What does a microscope help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) find directions (c) measure body temperature (d) see tiny germs
  38. 38.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.What does a compass help us do? (a) find directions (b) measure body temperature (c) hear the heartbeat (d) tell the time

Answer key

  1. Edward Jenner
  2. the Wright brothers
  3. Wilhelm Röntgen
  4. the printing press
  5. Alexander Graham Bell
  6. do sums quickly
  7. see faraway stars
  8. Alexander Fleming
  9. compass
  10. False
  11. telephone
  12. True
  13. True
  14. the first aeroplane
  15. True
  16. microscope
  17. True
  18. the electric battery
  19. Johannes Gutenberg
  20. stethoscope
  21. False
  22. Louis Braille
  23. X-rays
  24. tell the time
  25. print many books
  26. True
  27. Alessandro Volta
  28. calculator
  29. True
  30. False
  31. thermometer
  32. False
  33. True
  34. printing press
  35. False
  36. the telephone
  37. see tiny germs
  38. True
  39. True
  40. find directions

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