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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 715 · 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 the Wright brothers give us? (a) the printing press (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) raised-dot writing (d) the first aeroplane
  2. 2.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) X-rays (b) penicillin (c) the printing press (d) the smallpox vaccine
  3. 3.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) the Wright brothers (c) René Laennec (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  4. 4.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) penicillin (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the electric battery (d) X-rays
  6. 6.True or false: René Laennec gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) the Wright brothers (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alessandro Volta
  8. 8.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) tell the time (c) do sums quickly (d) measure body temperature
  10. 10.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) X-rays (b) the printing press (c) the electric battery (d) the telephone
  11. 11.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Louis Braille (d) Edward Jenner
  12. 12.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Alexander Fleming
  13. 13.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) penicillin (b) the first aeroplane (c) the printing press (d) the electric battery
  14. 14.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) raised-dot writing (c) the electric battery (d) the stethoscope
  15. 15.True or false: a calculator helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.What does a microscope help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) print many books (c) tell the time (d) talk to people far away
  17. 17.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Louis Braille (d) Edward Jenner
  18. 18.What does a clock help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) hear the heartbeat (c) tell the time (d) print many books
  19. 19.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) calculator (b) printing press (c) telescope (d) compass
  20. 20.True or false: a thermometer helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the electric battery (c) the printing press (d) raised-dot writing
  23. 23.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: a telescope helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) thermometer (b) clock (c) stethoscope (d) printing press
  26. 26.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) microscope (b) telephone (c) telescope (d) stethoscope
  27. 27.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Louis Braille (c) Alessandro Volta (d) the Wright brothers
  28. 28.What does a calculator help us do? (a) tell the time (b) hear the heartbeat (c) talk to people far away (d) do sums quickly
  29. 29.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) see faraway stars (c) hear the heartbeat (d) measure body temperature
  32. 32.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Edward Jenner (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) the Wright brothers
  36. 36.True or false: a stethoscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.What does a telephone help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) see tiny germs (c) talk to people far away (d) print many books
  38. 38.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) the Wright brothers (d) René Laennec
  40. 40.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) compass (b) telescope (c) stethoscope (d) printing press

Answer key

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

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