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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 542 · 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 the Wright brothers give us? (a) the electric battery (b) raised-dot writing (c) the stethoscope (d) the first aeroplane
  2. 2.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  3. 3.True or false: René Laennec gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) X-rays (b) raised-dot writing (c) the printing press (d) the telephone
  5. 5.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) telescope (b) stethoscope (c) printing press (d) telephone
  6. 6.What does a telescope help us do? (a) print many books (b) see faraway stars (c) find directions (d) see tiny germs
  7. 7.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) X-rays (b) the stethoscope (c) the electric battery (d) the printing press
  8. 8.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alessandro Volta
  9. 9.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Edward Jenner (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) René Laennec
  10. 10.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) microscope (b) clock (c) thermometer (d) stethoscope
  11. 11.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alexander Fleming (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  12. 12.What does a compass help us do? (a) find directions (b) do sums quickly (c) print many books (d) tell the time
  13. 13.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) microscope (b) clock (c) printing press (d) stethoscope
  16. 16.True or false: a thermometer helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: a thermometer helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: a clock helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) René Laennec (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  22. 22.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) telephone (b) printing press (c) clock (d) stethoscope
  23. 23.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the electric battery (b) raised-dot writing (c) penicillin (d) the smallpox vaccine
  24. 24.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) raised-dot writing (c) penicillin (d) the telephone
  25. 25.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) X-rays (b) the first aeroplane (c) the telephone (d) the electric battery
  26. 26.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: a compass helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: a clock helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  33. 33.True or false: a calculator helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.What does a telephone help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) tell the time (c) talk to people far away (d) measure body temperature
  35. 35.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) René Laennec (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Edward Jenner (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  37. 37.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: a calculator helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: René Laennec gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. the first aeroplane
  2. Alexander Fleming
  3. False
  4. the printing press
  5. telescope
  6. see faraway stars
  7. X-rays
  8. the Wright brothers
  9. René Laennec
  10. clock
  11. Alexander Graham Bell
  12. find directions
  13. False
  14. False
  15. microscope
  16. False
  17. False
  18. True
  19. False
  20. False
  21. Alessandro Volta
  22. stethoscope
  23. penicillin
  24. the stethoscope
  25. the telephone
  26. False
  27. False
  28. False
  29. True
  30. True
  31. False
  32. Johannes Gutenberg
  33. False
  34. talk to people far away
  35. False
  36. Edward Jenner
  37. True
  38. False
  39. False
  40. True

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