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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 572 · 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: René Laennec gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the first aeroplane (c) raised-dot writing (d) the printing press
  4. 4.True or false: a telescope helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) X-rays (b) the stethoscope (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the printing press
  8. 8.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) René Laennec (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Edward Jenner (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  9. 9.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the telephone (b) the electric battery (c) the printing press (d) X-rays
  10. 10.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Edward Jenner (c) René Laennec (d) Alexander Fleming
  11. 11.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) X-rays (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the stethoscope
  12. 12.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) telescope (b) clock (c) thermometer (d) microscope
  13. 13.What does a microscope help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) measure body temperature (c) see tiny germs (d) find directions
  14. 14.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) telescope (b) thermometer (c) compass (d) stethoscope
  16. 16.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Alexander Fleming (d) the Wright brothers
  17. 17.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) penicillin (b) X-rays (c) the first aeroplane (d) the smallpox vaccine
  18. 18.What does a telephone help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) tell the time (c) see faraway stars (d) talk to people far away
  19. 19.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) X-rays (b) raised-dot writing (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the electric battery
  20. 20.True or false: a printing press helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) microscope (b) printing press (c) telescope (d) stethoscope
  22. 22.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) René Laennec (b) Alessandro Volta (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  23. 23.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) telephone (b) stethoscope (c) compass (d) printing press
  24. 24.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Alessandro Volta (c) René Laennec (d) Edward Jenner
  25. 25.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Louis Braille (c) René Laennec (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  26. 26.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) microscope (b) telescope (c) telephone (d) printing press
  27. 27.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) penicillin (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the printing press (d) the stethoscope
  28. 28.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) René Laennec (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alessandro Volta
  30. 30.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) penicillin (b) the stethoscope (c) the telephone (d) the smallpox vaccine
  31. 31.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the telephone (b) the first aeroplane (c) the electric battery (d) the printing press
  32. 32.True or false: a telescope helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) tell the time (b) see tiny germs (c) see faraway stars (d) hear the heartbeat
  34. 34.True or false: a thermometer helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.What does a printing press help us do? (a) print many books (b) see faraway stars (c) see tiny germs (d) measure body temperature
  36. 36.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: a calculator helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: a microscope helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) telephone (b) compass (c) clock (d) thermometer

Answer key

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

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