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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 759 · 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 does a telescope help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) print many books (c) see faraway stars (d) hear the heartbeat
  2. 2.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) calculator (b) compass (c) printing press (d) telephone
  5. 5.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the stethoscope (c) the printing press (d) raised-dot writing
  6. 6.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Louis Braille (d) Alessandro Volta
  7. 7.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Edward Jenner (d) René Laennec
  9. 9.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) stethoscope (b) telescope (c) microscope (d) compass
  12. 12.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) microscope (b) telescope (c) clock (d) thermometer
  13. 13.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) penicillin (b) the printing press (c) the telephone (d) the stethoscope
  15. 15.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) the Wright brothers (c) René Laennec (d) Edward Jenner
  16. 16.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the stethoscope (c) raised-dot writing (d) the smallpox vaccine
  17. 17.What does a compass help us do? (a) find directions (b) hear the heartbeat (c) print many books (d) do sums quickly
  18. 18.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the printing press (b) the electric battery (c) the telephone (d) penicillin
  19. 19.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) penicillin (b) the electric battery (c) the printing press (d) raised-dot writing
  20. 20.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) the Wright brothers (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Louis Braille
  22. 22.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) telephone (b) clock (c) compass (d) stethoscope
  23. 23.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: a telephone helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the printing press (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the first aeroplane
  27. 27.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Louis Braille (c) Edward Jenner (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  28. 28.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Louis Braille (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Alexander Fleming (d) the Wright brothers
  30. 30.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) see tiny germs (c) print many books (d) hear the heartbeat
  31. 31.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) penicillin (b) the first aeroplane (c) the stethoscope (d) X-rays
  32. 32.True or false: a clock helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the printing press (c) penicillin (d) raised-dot writing
  34. 34.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) René Laennec (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  36. 36.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) printing press (b) thermometer (c) stethoscope (d) compass
  37. 37.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: a calculator helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. see faraway stars
  2. True
  3. False
  4. printing press
  5. the stethoscope
  6. Louis Braille
  7. True
  8. Alessandro Volta
  9. False
  10. False
  11. compass
  12. microscope
  13. False
  14. the printing press
  15. Alexander Graham Bell
  16. the smallpox vaccine
  17. find directions
  18. the telephone
  19. penicillin
  20. False
  21. Wilhelm Röntgen
  22. stethoscope
  23. False
  24. False
  25. False
  26. the first aeroplane
  27. Johannes Gutenberg
  28. True
  29. the Wright brothers
  30. hear the heartbeat
  31. X-rays
  32. False
  33. raised-dot writing
  34. True
  35. René Laennec
  36. thermometer
  37. False
  38. False
  39. False
  40. True

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