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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 768 · 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: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Louis Braille (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Edward Jenner
  3. 3.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Alessandro Volta
  5. 5.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) penicillin (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the printing press
  6. 6.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Louis Braille (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) the Wright brothers (d) René Laennec
  7. 7.True or false: a microscope helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) see tiny germs (c) hear the heartbeat (d) tell the time
  9. 9.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) X-rays (b) the telephone (c) the printing press (d) the stethoscope
  10. 10.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) the Wright brothers (d) Louis Braille
  11. 11.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  12. 12.What does a printing press help us do? (a) print many books (b) see faraway stars (c) talk to people far away (d) measure body temperature
  13. 13.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the printing press (c) the stethoscope (d) the electric battery
  15. 15.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) compass (b) telephone (c) thermometer (d) stethoscope
  16. 16.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) penicillin (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) raised-dot writing
  17. 17.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) printing press (b) telescope (c) calculator (d) telephone
  18. 18.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) penicillin (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the first aeroplane
  19. 19.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the electric battery (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the printing press
  20. 20.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) thermometer (b) stethoscope (c) calculator (d) compass
  21. 21.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) tell the time (c) talk to people far away (d) print many books
  24. 24.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) clock (b) stethoscope (c) microscope (d) printing press
  25. 25.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the printing press (c) the first aeroplane (d) X-rays
  26. 26.True or false: Louis Braille gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.What does a microscope help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) hear the heartbeat (c) tell the time (d) see tiny germs
  29. 29.True or false: a clock helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) printing press (b) clock (c) telephone (d) calculator
  34. 34.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) raised-dot writing (d) the stethoscope
  35. 35.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) René Laennec (d) Edward Jenner
  36. 36.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Alexander Fleming (c) the Wright brothers (d) René Laennec
  38. 38.True or false: a compass helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) René Laennec (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Edward Jenner

Answer key

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

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