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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 78 · 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 stethoscope? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Edward Jenner (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) René Laennec
  2. 2.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the telephone (c) X-rays (d) the electric battery
  3. 3.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) thermometer (b) stethoscope (c) telescope (d) microscope
  4. 4.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) microscope (b) telephone (c) printing press (d) stethoscope
  5. 5.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Alessandro Volta (c) René Laennec (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  9. 9.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) telephone (b) thermometer (c) calculator (d) compass
  10. 10.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the electric battery (c) X-rays (d) the smallpox vaccine
  11. 11.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the telephone (b) the stethoscope (c) the printing press (d) penicillin
  12. 12.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Edward Jenner (c) Louis Braille (d) René Laennec
  13. 13.What does a telephone help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) measure body temperature (c) talk to people far away (d) hear the heartbeat
  14. 14.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) the Wright brothers (b) René Laennec (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Louis Braille
  15. 15.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the telephone (b) the electric battery (c) penicillin (d) the first aeroplane
  16. 16.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) calculator (b) telephone (c) microscope (d) telescope
  17. 17.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.What does a clock help us do? (a) print many books (b) measure body temperature (c) talk to people far away (d) tell the time
  19. 19.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) X-rays (b) the first aeroplane (c) the printing press (d) penicillin
  21. 21.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) find directions (c) measure body temperature (d) talk to people far away
  22. 22.What does a printing press help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) print many books (c) see faraway stars (d) talk to people far away
  23. 23.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: Louis Braille gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Louis Braille (c) the Wright brothers (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  26. 26.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.What did René Laennec give us? (a) X-rays (b) penicillin (c) the stethoscope (d) the first aeroplane
  29. 29.True or false: a stethoscope helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) microscope (b) printing press (c) calculator (d) telephone
  31. 31.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: a clock helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) René Laennec (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  37. 37.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the first aeroplane (c) the stethoscope (d) raised-dot writing
  38. 38.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) the Wright brothers (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Johannes Gutenberg

Answer key

  1. René Laennec
  2. the electric battery
  3. stethoscope
  4. telephone
  5. False
  6. False
  7. True
  8. Alessandro Volta
  9. thermometer
  10. the smallpox vaccine
  11. penicillin
  12. Louis Braille
  13. talk to people far away
  14. the Wright brothers
  15. the first aeroplane
  16. telescope
  17. False
  18. tell the time
  19. True
  20. X-rays
  21. measure body temperature
  22. print many books
  23. True
  24. False
  25. Wilhelm Röntgen
  26. True
  27. False
  28. the stethoscope
  29. False
  30. calculator
  31. True
  32. False
  33. True
  34. False
  35. False
  36. Alexander Fleming
  37. raised-dot writing
  38. False
  39. True
  40. Alexander Graham Bell

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