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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 515 · 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) the telephone (b) the electric battery (c) the printing press (d) raised-dot writing
  2. 2.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) X-rays (b) penicillin (c) the stethoscope (d) raised-dot writing
  3. 3.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the first aeroplane (c) the telephone (d) the smallpox vaccine
  5. 5.What does a compass help us do? (a) tell the time (b) find directions (c) measure body temperature (d) print many books
  6. 6.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Edward Jenner
  7. 7.True or false: a stethoscope helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) René Laennec (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) the Wright brothers
  10. 10.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) telescope (b) stethoscope (c) microscope (d) thermometer
  11. 11.True or false: a printing press helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) X-rays (d) the first aeroplane
  13. 13.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) X-rays (b) raised-dot writing (c) the telephone (d) the first aeroplane
  14. 14.True or false: a calculator helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) print many books (c) find directions (d) measure body temperature
  16. 16.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) calculator (b) stethoscope (c) thermometer (d) telescope
  18. 18.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the printing press (c) the stethoscope (d) raised-dot writing
  19. 19.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) thermometer (b) telescope (c) stethoscope (d) telephone
  21. 21.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) clock (b) stethoscope (c) compass (d) printing press
  22. 22.What does a calculator help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) see tiny germs (c) measure body temperature (d) do sums quickly
  23. 23.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Edward Jenner (b) the Wright brothers (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alessandro Volta
  25. 25.True or false: a compass helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Edward Jenner (d) René Laennec
  27. 27.What does a telescope help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) hear the heartbeat (c) see faraway stars (d) tell the time
  28. 28.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: Louis Braille gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Louis Braille (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  32. 32.What does a clock help us do? (a) print many books (b) find directions (c) see tiny germs (d) tell the time
  33. 33.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.What does a printing press help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) tell the time (c) print many books (d) hear the heartbeat
  36. 36.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.What does a microscope help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) hear the heartbeat (c) see tiny germs (d) find directions
  38. 38.True or false: a stethoscope helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Edward Jenner (b) the Wright brothers (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Louis Braille
  40. 40.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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