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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 663 · 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 Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the printing press (b) the telephone (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the electric battery
  2. 2.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) clock (b) compass (c) stethoscope (d) telescope
  3. 3.True or false: Louis Braille gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) calculator (b) stethoscope (c) microscope (d) clock
  5. 5.What does a microscope help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) talk to people far away (c) do sums quickly (d) see tiny germs
  6. 6.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) the Wright brothers
  8. 8.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) penicillin (b) the printing press (c) the first aeroplane (d) raised-dot writing
  9. 9.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) the Wright brothers (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  10. 10.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) the Wright brothers (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Alexander Fleming
  11. 11.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the telephone (c) the stethoscope (d) the smallpox vaccine
  12. 12.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) X-rays (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the telephone
  13. 13.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) find directions (b) print many books (c) hear the heartbeat (d) see tiny germs
  14. 14.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  16. 16.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.What does a printing press help us do? (a) tell the time (b) talk to people far away (c) print many books (d) find directions
  18. 18.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: a printing press helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Louis Braille (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  21. 21.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the first aeroplane (c) the telephone (d) X-rays
  22. 22.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) stethoscope (b) thermometer (c) telephone (d) telescope
  23. 23.What did René Laennec give us? (a) X-rays (b) the stethoscope (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the first aeroplane
  24. 24.What does a compass help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) find directions (c) tell the time (d) measure body temperature
  25. 25.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) print many books (b) tell the time (c) measure body temperature (d) talk to people far away
  26. 26.What does a telephone help us do? (a) print many books (b) tell the time (c) measure body temperature (d) talk to people far away
  27. 27.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) penicillin (b) the telephone (c) the first aeroplane (d) the printing press
  28. 28.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) telescope (b) thermometer (c) printing press (d) telephone
  29. 29.What does a clock help us do? (a) find directions (b) hear the heartbeat (c) tell the time (d) see tiny germs
  30. 30.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) thermometer (b) clock (c) microscope (d) telephone
  32. 32.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Louis Braille (d) the Wright brothers
  33. 33.True or false: a clock helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) René Laennec (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  35. 35.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) printing press (b) telescope (c) telephone (d) clock
  36. 36.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) telephone (b) stethoscope (c) calculator (d) clock
  40. 40.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. the electric battery
  2. telescope
  3. False
  4. microscope
  5. see tiny germs
  6. False
  7. Johannes Gutenberg
  8. penicillin
  9. Edward Jenner
  10. Alexander Fleming
  11. the smallpox vaccine
  12. the telephone
  13. hear the heartbeat
  14. True
  15. Wilhelm Röntgen
  16. True
  17. print many books
  18. False
  19. False
  20. Louis Braille
  21. the first aeroplane
  22. stethoscope
  23. the stethoscope
  24. find directions
  25. measure body temperature
  26. talk to people far away
  27. the printing press
  28. thermometer
  29. tell the time
  30. True
  31. clock
  32. Alessandro Volta
  33. False
  34. René Laennec
  35. telephone
  36. True
  37. True
  38. False
  39. calculator
  40. False

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