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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 674 · 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 smallpox vaccine? (a) René Laennec (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Louis Braille (d) Edward Jenner
  2. 2.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) telephone (b) telescope (c) microscope (d) calculator
  7. 7.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alessandro Volta (c) René Laennec (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  9. 9.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the first aeroplane (c) raised-dot writing (d) X-rays
  10. 10.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the printing press (b) the first aeroplane (c) the electric battery (d) the smallpox vaccine
  11. 11.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) find directions (b) measure body temperature (c) tell the time (d) print many books
  13. 13.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) telescope (b) clock (c) telephone (d) thermometer
  14. 14.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) the Wright brothers (b) René Laennec (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Louis Braille
  15. 15.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) raised-dot writing (c) the telephone (d) the printing press
  16. 16.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) penicillin (b) the printing press (c) the telephone (d) the first aeroplane
  17. 17.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Louis Braille (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) René Laennec (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  18. 18.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) thermometer (b) telephone (c) stethoscope (d) printing press
  19. 19.True or false: a calculator helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.What does a microscope help us do? (a) tell the time (b) measure body temperature (c) print many books (d) see tiny germs
  21. 21.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Louis Braille (c) Alexander Fleming (d) René Laennec
  22. 22.What does a telephone help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) talk to people far away (c) tell the time (d) find directions
  23. 23.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) stethoscope (b) printing press (c) compass (d) telescope
  24. 24.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) the Wright brothers (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  26. 26.What does a clock help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) do sums quickly (c) print many books (d) tell the time
  27. 27.What does a compass help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) do sums quickly (c) find directions (d) see tiny germs
  28. 28.What does a calculator help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) talk to people far away (c) measure body temperature (d) do sums quickly
  29. 29.True or false: a printing press helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the electric battery (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) raised-dot writing
  31. 31.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the electric battery (b) penicillin (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the stethoscope
  33. 33.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) penicillin (b) the first aeroplane (c) the electric battery (d) the printing press
  35. 35.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Louis Braille (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  36. 36.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) the Wright brothers (c) Alessandro Volta (d) René Laennec
  37. 37.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) calculator (b) printing press (c) stethoscope (d) telephone
  38. 38.True or false: a compass helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) microscope (b) telephone (c) printing press (d) stethoscope

Answer key

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

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