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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 544 · 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 stethoscope? (a) René Laennec (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Alexander Fleming
  2. 2.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) X-rays (b) the first aeroplane (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the electric battery
  3. 3.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) find directions (b) talk to people far away (c) hear the heartbeat (d) do sums quickly
  4. 4.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) compass (b) telescope (c) printing press (d) clock
  6. 6.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) X-rays (c) the printing press (d) the electric battery
  7. 7.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Louis Braille (d) Alexander Fleming
  8. 8.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Edward Jenner (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Alexander Fleming
  9. 9.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Louis Braille (c) René Laennec (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  10. 10.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) penicillin (c) X-rays (d) the smallpox vaccine
  11. 11.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) printing press (b) thermometer (c) clock (d) calculator
  12. 12.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the stethoscope (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the printing press
  14. 14.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Edward Jenner (d) the Wright brothers
  15. 15.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alexander Fleming
  16. 16.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) clock (b) printing press (c) thermometer (d) telephone
  17. 17.What does a compass help us do? (a) print many books (b) find directions (c) tell the time (d) talk to people far away
  18. 18.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) hear the heartbeat (c) tell the time (d) measure body temperature
  19. 19.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.What does a printing press help us do? (a) print many books (b) tell the time (c) see tiny germs (d) hear the heartbeat
  21. 21.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) stethoscope (b) clock (c) microscope (d) thermometer
  22. 22.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) X-rays (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) raised-dot writing
  23. 23.True or false: a clock helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) X-rays (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the telephone (d) the printing press
  25. 25.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) telephone (b) printing press (c) clock (d) stethoscope
  26. 26.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) penicillin (b) the electric battery (c) the first aeroplane (d) the telephone
  27. 27.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: a calculator helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: a printing press helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) telescope (b) printing press (c) telephone (d) clock
  33. 33.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  34. 34.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) X-rays (c) the telephone (d) the smallpox vaccine
  35. 35.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: a stethoscope helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: a clock helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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