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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 540 · 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 telephone? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Edward Jenner (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  2. 2.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) microscope (b) telephone (c) clock (d) calculator
  3. 3.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) the Wright brothers
  4. 4.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the printing press (b) the first aeroplane (c) the electric battery (d) raised-dot writing
  5. 5.What does a telephone help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) find directions (c) talk to people far away (d) hear the heartbeat
  6. 6.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) the Wright brothers (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Louis Braille
  7. 7.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) thermometer (b) microscope (c) compass (d) stethoscope
  12. 12.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the first aeroplane (c) raised-dot writing (d) the telephone
  13. 13.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Edward Jenner (c) Louis Braille (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  14. 14.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) telescope (b) thermometer (c) clock (d) stethoscope
  15. 15.True or false: a calculator helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: a telescope helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) telescope (b) clock (c) microscope (d) compass
  19. 19.What did René Laennec give us? (a) X-rays (b) the printing press (c) the stethoscope (d) the first aeroplane
  20. 20.What does a microscope help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) see tiny germs (c) find directions (d) do sums quickly
  21. 21.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.What does a compass help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) see faraway stars (c) do sums quickly (d) find directions
  24. 24.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Louis Braille (d) Alessandro Volta
  25. 25.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) penicillin (b) the first aeroplane (c) the electric battery (d) the stethoscope
  26. 26.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the telephone (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) X-rays (d) the electric battery
  27. 27.True or false: a stethoscope helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) X-rays (c) penicillin (d) the telephone
  30. 30.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Alessandro Volta (c) René Laennec (d) the Wright brothers
  32. 32.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Edward Jenner (b) the Wright brothers (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Alexander Fleming
  34. 34.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) telescope (b) printing press (c) stethoscope (d) telephone
  35. 35.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) talk to people far away (c) print many books (d) see tiny germs
  36. 36.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.What does a clock help us do? (a) tell the time (b) see faraway stars (c) hear the heartbeat (d) do sums quickly
  38. 38.True or false: a stethoscope helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Alexander Fleming
  40. 40.What does a calculator help us do? (a) find directions (b) measure body temperature (c) talk to people far away (d) do sums quickly

Answer key

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

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