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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 672 · 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.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) René Laennec (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Edward Jenner
  2. 2.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the printing press (b) the electric battery (c) the stethoscope (d) X-rays
  3. 3.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the telephone (b) the printing press (c) penicillin (d) the smallpox vaccine
  4. 4.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) René Laennec (c) Edward Jenner (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  5. 5.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Louis Braille (d) the Wright brothers
  7. 7.True or false: a stethoscope helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Louis Braille (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alessandro Volta
  9. 9.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) René Laennec (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  11. 11.True or false: a telescope helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Louis Braille (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alessandro Volta
  15. 15.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the electric battery (c) penicillin (d) the telephone
  16. 16.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the printing press (b) the electric battery (c) the stethoscope (d) penicillin
  17. 17.True or false: a thermometer helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the stethoscope (c) the first aeroplane (d) penicillin
  19. 19.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) clock (b) stethoscope (c) telephone (d) calculator
  20. 20.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) printing press (b) telephone (c) stethoscope (d) compass
  22. 22.What does a microscope help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) talk to people far away (c) tell the time (d) do sums quickly
  23. 23.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) find directions (b) tell the time (c) hear the heartbeat (d) see faraway stars
  26. 26.What does a telephone help us do? (a) find directions (b) talk to people far away (c) measure body temperature (d) hear the heartbeat
  27. 27.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) thermometer (b) compass (c) telephone (d) stethoscope
  28. 28.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) penicillin (c) the electric battery (d) the telephone
  29. 29.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) raised-dot writing (c) X-rays (d) the telephone
  30. 30.True or false: a printing press helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Alessandro Volta (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alexander Fleming
  32. 32.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) print many books (b) find directions (c) measure body temperature (d) do sums quickly
  33. 33.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) telephone (b) compass (c) thermometer (d) telescope
  35. 35.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) telephone (b) compass (c) clock (d) printing press
  37. 37.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) compass (b) stethoscope (c) thermometer (d) telescope
  39. 39.What does a calculator help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) find directions (c) talk to people far away (d) do sums quickly
  40. 40.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the telephone (b) the stethoscope (c) the printing press (d) the smallpox vaccine

Answer key

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

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