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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 653 · 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 the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alessandro Volta
  5. 5.What does a compass help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) find directions (c) talk to people far away (d) print many books
  6. 6.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) telescope (b) printing press (c) telephone (d) microscope
  8. 8.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) telescope (b) telephone (c) stethoscope (d) thermometer
  9. 9.What does a microscope help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) see tiny germs (c) see faraway stars (d) print many books
  10. 10.True or false: a compass helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Louis Braille (b) Alessandro Volta (c) René Laennec (d) the Wright brothers
  12. 12.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) raised-dot writing (c) the telephone (d) the printing press
  16. 16.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the electric battery (c) raised-dot writing (d) penicillin
  17. 17.True or false: a microscope helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Edward Jenner (d) the Wright brothers
  19. 19.What did René Laennec give us? (a) X-rays (b) the printing press (c) the stethoscope (d) the first aeroplane
  20. 20.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the telephone (b) the electric battery (c) raised-dot writing (d) the printing press
  21. 21.What does a telephone help us do? (a) print many books (b) see tiny germs (c) hear the heartbeat (d) talk to people far away
  22. 22.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) microscope (b) telephone (c) printing press (d) telescope
  23. 23.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Louis Braille (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Edward Jenner
  24. 24.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) stethoscope (b) clock (c) thermometer (d) calculator
  25. 25.True or false: a telephone helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.What does a calculator help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) measure body temperature (c) print many books (d) hear the heartbeat
  27. 27.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alexander Fleming (d) the Wright brothers
  29. 29.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) René Laennec (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) the Wright brothers
  31. 31.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the telephone (d) X-rays
  33. 33.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the printing press (b) penicillin (c) X-rays (d) the telephone
  34. 34.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: a microscope helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: a telescope helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the electric battery (b) raised-dot writing (c) the printing press (d) X-rays
  38. 38.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) print many books (c) measure body temperature (d) hear the heartbeat
  39. 39.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the telephone (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the stethoscope (d) the first aeroplane
  40. 40.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) printing press (b) thermometer (c) clock (d) microscope

Answer key

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

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