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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 508 · 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) Alessandro Volta (b) the Wright brothers (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) René Laennec
  2. 2.True or false: a telescope helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Louis Braille (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  4. 4.What does a telephone help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) talk to people far away (c) measure body temperature (d) tell the time
  5. 5.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Edward Jenner (b) the Wright brothers (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Alexander Fleming
  6. 6.What does a printing press help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) find directions (c) print many books (d) see tiny germs
  7. 7.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) penicillin (c) raised-dot writing (d) the stethoscope
  8. 8.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: a stethoscope helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.What did René Laennec give us? (a) penicillin (b) the printing press (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the stethoscope
  12. 12.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alessandro Volta
  13. 13.True or false: a stethoscope helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Louis Braille (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  15. 15.True or false: a calculator helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) clock (b) telescope (c) calculator (d) microscope
  17. 17.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the electric battery (b) X-rays (c) raised-dot writing (d) the first aeroplane
  18. 18.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) X-rays (c) penicillin (d) the first aeroplane
  19. 19.What does a compass help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) see faraway stars (c) find directions (d) hear the heartbeat
  20. 20.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the printing press (c) X-rays (d) raised-dot writing
  22. 22.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the printing press (b) the first aeroplane (c) the telephone (d) the stethoscope
  23. 23.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) René Laennec (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  24. 24.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: a telescope helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) clock (b) telescope (c) telephone (d) printing press
  28. 28.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.What does a clock help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) tell the time (c) print many books (d) see tiny germs
  31. 31.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Louis Braille (b) the Wright brothers (c) René Laennec (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  32. 32.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.What does a microscope help us do? (a) tell the time (b) see tiny germs (c) see faraway stars (d) talk to people far away
  34. 34.What does a telescope help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) find directions (c) hear the heartbeat (d) see faraway stars
  35. 35.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) X-rays (d) the telephone
  36. 36.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Edward Jenner (d) Louis Braille
  40. 40.True or false: a printing press helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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