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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 808 · 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 Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the printing press (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the telephone
  2. 2.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: René Laennec gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) René Laennec (b) the Wright brothers (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Alessandro Volta
  6. 6.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.What does a microscope help us do? (a) tell the time (b) do sums quickly (c) print many books (d) see tiny germs
  8. 8.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) René Laennec (d) Edward Jenner
  9. 9.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) find directions (c) hear the heartbeat (d) tell the time
  10. 10.What does a clock help us do? (a) find directions (b) print many books (c) see faraway stars (d) tell the time
  11. 11.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) René Laennec (b) Louis Braille (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  14. 14.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Louis Braille (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  15. 15.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.What does a compass help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) find directions (c) do sums quickly (d) print many books
  19. 19.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) measure body temperature (c) talk to people far away (d) print many books
  20. 20.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Edward Jenner (c) the Wright brothers (d) Louis Braille
  21. 21.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Edward Jenner (b) René Laennec (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Alessandro Volta
  22. 22.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) stethoscope (b) thermometer (c) microscope (d) telephone
  23. 23.What does a telephone help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) see tiny germs (c) do sums quickly (d) talk to people far away
  24. 24.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Louis Braille (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) the Wright brothers
  25. 25.True or false: a microscope helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) telescope (b) clock (c) thermometer (d) telephone
  27. 27.What does a calculator help us do? (a) tell the time (b) hear the heartbeat (c) print many books (d) do sums quickly
  28. 28.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: a clock helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) X-rays (b) the telephone (c) the printing press (d) the electric battery
  31. 31.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the first aeroplane (c) raised-dot writing (d) the printing press
  32. 32.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) X-rays (c) the stethoscope (d) the electric battery
  34. 34.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Louis Braille (b) Alexander Fleming (c) René Laennec (d) Edward Jenner
  35. 35.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) telephone (b) calculator (c) compass (d) microscope
  36. 36.True or false: a printing press helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the first aeroplane (c) the electric battery (d) the printing press
  38. 38.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the telephone (b) the printing press (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) penicillin
  39. 39.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) printing press (b) compass (c) telephone (d) calculator
  40. 40.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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