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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 598 · 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: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the printing press (b) penicillin (c) raised-dot writing (d) the first aeroplane
  3. 3.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the first aeroplane (c) the telephone (d) X-rays
  4. 4.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) telephone (b) clock (c) telescope (d) compass
  5. 5.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) telescope (b) calculator (c) telephone (d) thermometer
  6. 6.What does a telephone help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) tell the time (c) print many books (d) hear the heartbeat
  7. 7.True or false: a calculator helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: a thermometer helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the telephone (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the first aeroplane (d) the printing press
  10. 10.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) René Laennec (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Louis Braille
  11. 11.True or false: René Laennec gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) stethoscope (b) compass (c) clock (d) telescope
  13. 13.What does a compass help us do? (a) find directions (b) see tiny germs (c) hear the heartbeat (d) do sums quickly
  14. 14.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) the Wright brothers (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alessandro Volta
  15. 15.True or false: a calculator helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) see faraway stars (c) tell the time (d) measure body temperature
  17. 17.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) René Laennec (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  18. 18.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) penicillin (b) raised-dot writing (c) X-rays (d) the printing press
  19. 19.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Louis Braille (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Edward Jenner
  20. 20.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: a printing press helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) stethoscope (b) microscope (c) telephone (d) compass
  24. 24.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) telephone (b) compass (c) stethoscope (d) telescope
  25. 25.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) calculator (b) microscope (c) clock (d) compass
  26. 26.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Louis Braille (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  28. 28.True or false: a telescope helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Edward Jenner (d) Louis Braille
  30. 30.True or false: a clock helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: a calculator helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) raised-dot writing (d) penicillin
  33. 33.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the telephone (c) penicillin (d) the printing press
  34. 34.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) calculator (b) microscope (c) telephone (d) printing press
  35. 35.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) clock (b) thermometer (c) compass (d) telescope
  36. 36.True or false: a thermometer helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Louis Braille (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) the Wright brothers (d) Edward Jenner
  39. 39.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. True
  2. the first aeroplane
  3. the telephone
  4. telescope
  5. telephone
  6. talk to people far away
  7. False
  8. False
  9. the smallpox vaccine
  10. Johannes Gutenberg
  11. False
  12. clock
  13. find directions
  14. Alexander Graham Bell
  15. False
  16. measure body temperature
  17. René Laennec
  18. X-rays
  19. Wilhelm Röntgen
  20. True
  21. False
  22. True
  23. microscope
  24. stethoscope
  25. compass
  26. True
  27. Alessandro Volta
  28. True
  29. Louis Braille
  30. False
  31. False
  32. raised-dot writing
  33. penicillin
  34. calculator
  35. thermometer
  36. False
  37. False
  38. the Wright brothers
  39. True
  40. False

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