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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 614 · 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) False (b) True
  2. 2.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) René Laennec (b) the Wright brothers (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  3. 3.What does a microscope help us do? (a) find directions (b) do sums quickly (c) see tiny germs (d) see faraway stars
  4. 4.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) stethoscope (b) telephone (c) printing press (d) clock
  5. 5.What does a telephone help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) measure body temperature (c) print many books (d) find directions
  6. 6.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the printing press (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the first aeroplane (d) penicillin
  7. 7.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) X-rays (c) raised-dot writing (d) the printing press
  8. 8.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the printing press (c) penicillin (d) the first aeroplane
  9. 9.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) see tiny germs (c) print many books (d) measure body temperature
  10. 10.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) René Laennec (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) the Wright brothers
  12. 12.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the printing press (b) the telephone (c) the electric battery (d) the first aeroplane
  14. 14.True or false: a telescope helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: a calculator helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Edward Jenner (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  19. 19.What does a clock help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) see tiny germs (c) hear the heartbeat (d) tell the time
  20. 20.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the printing press (b) the first aeroplane (c) the telephone (d) the smallpox vaccine
  21. 21.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.What does a compass help us do? (a) print many books (b) find directions (c) see faraway stars (d) tell the time
  24. 24.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) clock (b) telescope (c) stethoscope (d) thermometer
  25. 25.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Louis Braille (b) Alexander Fleming (c) the Wright brothers (d) Edward Jenner
  27. 27.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the first aeroplane (c) X-rays (d) the printing press
  29. 29.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  30. 30.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Louis Braille
  32. 32.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alexander Fleming
  33. 33.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the telephone (b) penicillin (c) the electric battery (d) X-rays
  34. 34.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Louis Braille (b) the Wright brothers (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Alessandro Volta
  37. 37.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the stethoscope (d) the electric battery
  38. 38.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: a thermometer helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Edward Jenner (d) René Laennec

Answer key

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

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