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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 549 · 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) Edward Jenner (b) Alessandro Volta (c) René Laennec (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  2. 2.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Edward Jenner (b) the Wright brothers (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) René Laennec
  3. 3.True or false: a microscope helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) clock (b) calculator (c) printing press (d) compass
  5. 5.True or false: a telephone helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the telephone (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the electric battery (d) the first aeroplane
  8. 8.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) X-rays (b) the first aeroplane (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the printing press
  9. 9.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) the Wright brothers (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  10. 10.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the electric battery (c) the first aeroplane (d) the stethoscope
  11. 11.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.What does a telephone help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) print many books (c) measure body temperature (d) see faraway stars
  13. 13.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Edward Jenner (c) René Laennec (d) Alessandro Volta
  14. 14.What does a clock help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) tell the time (c) find directions (d) talk to people far away
  15. 15.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) microscope (b) calculator (c) telephone (d) stethoscope
  16. 16.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) stethoscope (b) microscope (c) clock (d) calculator
  18. 18.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) thermometer (b) microscope (c) calculator (d) stethoscope
  19. 19.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) René Laennec (b) Edward Jenner (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  20. 20.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the telephone (c) raised-dot writing (d) the stethoscope
  22. 22.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: a thermometer helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.What does a printing press help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) print many books (c) see faraway stars (d) do sums quickly
  25. 25.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) raised-dot writing (d) X-rays
  26. 26.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Alessandro Volta (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alexander Fleming
  27. 27.True or false: a telescope helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: a clock helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) calculator (b) telephone (c) printing press (d) compass
  30. 30.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the telephone (c) penicillin (d) the smallpox vaccine
  31. 31.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) clock (b) telephone (c) microscope (d) stethoscope
  33. 33.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) tell the time (c) do sums quickly (d) hear the heartbeat
  35. 35.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) X-rays (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the stethoscope
  39. 39.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. René Laennec
  2. Edward Jenner
  3. False
  4. compass
  5. False
  6. True
  7. the first aeroplane
  8. the printing press
  9. the Wright brothers
  10. raised-dot writing
  11. True
  12. talk to people far away
  13. Alessandro Volta
  14. tell the time
  15. telephone
  16. False
  17. clock
  18. thermometer
  19. Alexander Graham Bell
  20. True
  21. the telephone
  22. True
  23. False
  24. print many books
  25. the stethoscope
  26. Alexander Fleming
  27. False
  28. False
  29. calculator
  30. the smallpox vaccine
  31. False
  32. stethoscope
  33. False
  34. measure body temperature
  35. True
  36. True
  37. True
  38. X-rays
  39. True
  40. False

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