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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 528 · 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.True or false: a calculator helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) compass (b) stethoscope (c) thermometer (d) telephone
  3. 3.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the telephone (b) the stethoscope (c) raised-dot writing (d) penicillin
  7. 7.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) calculator (b) telephone (c) telescope (d) printing press
  9. 9.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Alessandro Volta (d) René Laennec
  10. 10.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Louis Braille (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Alessandro Volta (d) the Wright brothers
  11. 11.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the printing press (b) the first aeroplane (c) the telephone (d) penicillin
  12. 12.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Louis Braille (d) Edward Jenner
  13. 13.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the stethoscope (c) the printing press (d) the smallpox vaccine
  14. 14.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) telephone (b) clock (c) thermometer (d) microscope
  15. 15.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.What does a microscope help us do? (a) print many books (b) measure body temperature (c) do sums quickly (d) see tiny germs
  17. 17.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the stethoscope (c) raised-dot writing (d) the telephone
  18. 18.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the printing press (c) the telephone (d) penicillin
  19. 19.What does a clock help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) tell the time (c) print many books (d) talk to people far away
  20. 20.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) hear the heartbeat (c) tell the time (d) do sums quickly
  21. 21.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Louis Braille (d) René Laennec
  22. 22.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) calculator (b) printing press (c) telephone (d) compass
  27. 27.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) René Laennec (b) the Wright brothers (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  28. 28.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: a telescope helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: a telescope helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Louis Braille (c) Edward Jenner (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  33. 33.What does a calculator help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) find directions (c) hear the heartbeat (d) do sums quickly
  34. 34.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the telephone (d) X-rays
  39. 39.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Louis Braille (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) the Wright brothers (d) René Laennec
  40. 40.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. False
  2. stethoscope
  3. False
  4. False
  5. True
  6. raised-dot writing
  7. False
  8. telescope
  9. Alessandro Volta
  10. the Wright brothers
  11. penicillin
  12. Louis Braille
  13. the smallpox vaccine
  14. telephone
  15. True
  16. see tiny germs
  17. the stethoscope
  18. the telephone
  19. tell the time
  20. hear the heartbeat
  21. Wilhelm Röntgen
  22. True
  23. True
  24. True
  25. False
  26. compass
  27. Alexander Graham Bell
  28. False
  29. False
  30. True
  31. False
  32. Edward Jenner
  33. do sums quickly
  34. True
  35. True
  36. False
  37. False
  38. X-rays
  39. René Laennec
  40. True

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