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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 518 · 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) René Laennec (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) the Wright brothers (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  2. 2.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) penicillin (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) X-rays
  4. 4.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) telescope (b) stethoscope (c) thermometer (d) telephone
  5. 5.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the first aeroplane (c) the printing press (d) the electric battery
  6. 6.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: a telescope helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: a telephone helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Louis Braille (d) Alessandro Volta
  10. 10.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) microscope (b) calculator (c) telescope (d) compass
  11. 11.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) X-rays (b) the electric battery (c) raised-dot writing (d) the stethoscope
  12. 12.What does a compass help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) tell the time (c) talk to people far away (d) find directions
  13. 13.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: a calculator helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) measure body temperature (c) hear the heartbeat (d) talk to people far away
  16. 16.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Alessandro Volta
  18. 18.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the printing press (b) the first aeroplane (c) penicillin (d) raised-dot writing
  19. 19.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) calculator (b) microscope (c) thermometer (d) telephone
  20. 20.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Louis Braille (d) René Laennec
  21. 21.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Louis Braille (c) the Wright brothers (d) Edward Jenner
  22. 22.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.What does a telescope help us do? (a) tell the time (b) see tiny germs (c) find directions (d) see faraway stars
  25. 25.What did René Laennec give us? (a) penicillin (b) raised-dot writing (c) the telephone (d) the stethoscope
  26. 26.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) clock (b) telescope (c) microscope (d) stethoscope
  28. 28.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the telephone (b) the first aeroplane (c) the stethoscope (d) the smallpox vaccine
  29. 29.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) thermometer (b) stethoscope (c) printing press (d) compass
  30. 30.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) René Laennec (c) Louis Braille (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  32. 32.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) printing press (b) clock (c) telephone (d) stethoscope
  33. 33.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) do sums quickly (c) measure body temperature (d) see tiny germs
  34. 34.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) the Wright brothers (c) René Laennec (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  36. 36.True or false: a thermometer helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) X-rays (b) raised-dot writing (c) the first aeroplane (d) the telephone
  38. 38.True or false: a telescope helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: a thermometer helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Louis Braille (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alexander Fleming

Answer key

  1. Johannes Gutenberg
  2. True
  3. the smallpox vaccine
  4. telephone
  5. the electric battery
  6. False
  7. False
  8. False
  9. Alessandro Volta
  10. calculator
  11. raised-dot writing
  12. find directions
  13. False
  14. False
  15. hear the heartbeat
  16. True
  17. Alexander Graham Bell
  18. penicillin
  19. microscope
  20. René Laennec
  21. the Wright brothers
  22. True
  23. False
  24. see faraway stars
  25. the stethoscope
  26. True
  27. telescope
  28. the first aeroplane
  29. compass
  30. False
  31. Louis Braille
  32. stethoscope
  33. measure body temperature
  34. False
  35. Wilhelm Röntgen
  36. False
  37. the telephone
  38. True
  39. False
  40. Alexander Fleming

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