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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 700 · 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 printing press. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the first aeroplane (c) X-rays (d) the telephone
  3. 3.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the printing press (b) the stethoscope (c) the electric battery (d) the first aeroplane
  4. 4.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Louis Braille (c) the Wright brothers (d) René Laennec
  5. 5.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) clock (b) calculator (c) stethoscope (d) microscope
  6. 6.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Edward Jenner (c) Alessandro Volta (d) the Wright brothers
  7. 7.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) compass (b) clock (c) printing press (d) microscope
  9. 9.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) telescope (b) compass (c) stethoscope (d) telephone
  10. 10.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) René Laennec (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  11. 11.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) the Wright brothers (b) René Laennec (c) Edward Jenner (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  12. 12.True or false: a stethoscope helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the printing press (b) the stethoscope (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the first aeroplane
  14. 14.What does a clock help us do? (a) tell the time (b) do sums quickly (c) see faraway stars (d) hear the heartbeat
  15. 15.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) calculator (b) clock (c) stethoscope (d) thermometer
  16. 16.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.What does a compass help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) find directions (c) see faraway stars (d) print many books
  18. 18.What does a telescope help us do? (a) find directions (b) tell the time (c) print many books (d) see faraway stars
  19. 19.True or false: a thermometer helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the printing press (c) the telephone (d) the stethoscope
  21. 21.True or false: a telescope helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.What does a microscope help us do? (a) print many books (b) see tiny germs (c) talk to people far away (d) do sums quickly
  24. 24.True or false: a compass helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: a compass helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) the Wright brothers (c) Edward Jenner (d) Louis Braille
  27. 27.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Louis Braille (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Alessandro Volta (d) René Laennec
  29. 29.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Edward Jenner (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  30. 30.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) X-rays (c) the printing press (d) the electric battery
  32. 32.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) compass (b) printing press (c) stethoscope (d) microscope
  35. 35.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) print many books (c) measure body temperature (d) see faraway stars
  36. 36.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: a stethoscope helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) X-rays (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) penicillin (d) the printing press
  39. 39.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the printing press (b) X-rays (c) the electric battery (d) the telephone
  40. 40.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Edward Jenner (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) the Wright brothers

Answer key

  1. False
  2. the smallpox vaccine
  3. the electric battery
  4. Louis Braille
  5. calculator
  6. Alessandro Volta
  7. False
  8. compass
  9. telephone
  10. Alexander Graham Bell
  11. René Laennec
  12. False
  13. the stethoscope
  14. tell the time
  15. clock
  16. True
  17. find directions
  18. see faraway stars
  19. False
  20. the telephone
  21. False
  22. True
  23. see tiny germs
  24. False
  25. False
  26. Edward Jenner
  27. False
  28. Alexander Fleming
  29. Johannes Gutenberg
  30. True
  31. the printing press
  32. True
  33. True
  34. microscope
  35. measure body temperature
  36. True
  37. False
  38. penicillin
  39. X-rays
  40. the Wright brothers

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