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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 583 · 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 Louis Braille give us? (a) the telephone (b) raised-dot writing (c) the first aeroplane (d) X-rays
  2. 2.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) René Laennec (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Louis Braille (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  3. 3.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the printing press (c) the telephone (d) the smallpox vaccine
  4. 4.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.What does a printing press help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) print many books (c) find directions (d) talk to people far away
  6. 6.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the telephone (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) X-rays
  7. 7.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.What does a telescope help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) find directions (c) see faraway stars (d) see tiny germs
  9. 9.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the electric battery (c) the telephone (d) the smallpox vaccine
  10. 10.True or false: a microscope helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the stethoscope (c) penicillin (d) the telephone
  13. 13.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) penicillin (b) the printing press (c) the first aeroplane (d) the electric battery
  14. 14.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) thermometer (b) compass (c) telephone (d) stethoscope
  15. 15.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) printing press (b) microscope (c) stethoscope (d) clock
  16. 16.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) telescope (b) thermometer (c) microscope (d) clock
  18. 18.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) penicillin (c) X-rays (d) the printing press
  19. 19.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Louis Braille (b) René Laennec (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Edward Jenner
  22. 22.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the telephone (b) penicillin (c) the electric battery (d) raised-dot writing
  23. 23.What does a compass help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) see faraway stars (c) find directions (d) talk to people far away
  24. 24.What did René Laennec give us? (a) X-rays (b) the telephone (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the stethoscope
  25. 25.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) René Laennec (d) Louis Braille
  26. 26.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) René Laennec
  27. 27.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: René Laennec gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) see faraway stars (c) hear the heartbeat (d) measure body temperature
  31. 31.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Edward Jenner (b) the Wright brothers (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Louis Braille
  33. 33.What does a microscope help us do? (a) tell the time (b) see tiny germs (c) talk to people far away (d) find directions
  34. 34.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alexander Fleming
  35. 35.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) hear the heartbeat (c) see faraway stars (d) print many books
  37. 37.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  38. 38.True or false: a thermometer helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.What does a calculator help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) find directions (c) talk to people far away (d) tell the time
  40. 40.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) the Wright brothers (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Johannes Gutenberg

Answer key

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

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