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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 842 · 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 first aeroplane? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  2. 2.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) telephone (b) printing press (c) clock (d) stethoscope
  3. 3.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) penicillin (b) the first aeroplane (c) raised-dot writing (d) the smallpox vaccine
  4. 4.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Louis Braille (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  5. 5.What does a printing press help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) talk to people far away (c) print many books (d) see faraway stars
  6. 6.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) René Laennec (b) Edward Jenner (c) the Wright brothers (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  8. 8.True or false: a clock helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) tell the time (b) measure body temperature (c) hear the heartbeat (d) see faraway stars
  10. 10.What does a telephone help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) talk to people far away (c) measure body temperature (d) do sums quickly
  11. 11.True or false: a compass helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: a stethoscope helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) print many books (b) see tiny germs (c) tell the time (d) measure body temperature
  14. 14.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the printing press (c) the first aeroplane (d) the electric battery
  15. 15.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) the Wright brothers (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Alessandro Volta
  17. 17.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Louis Braille (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Alexander Fleming (d) the Wright brothers
  18. 18.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) raised-dot writing (d) the telephone
  19. 19.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Louis Braille (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) René Laennec (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  20. 20.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the telephone (b) the electric battery (c) the first aeroplane (d) X-rays
  21. 21.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) stethoscope (b) thermometer (c) telephone (d) compass
  23. 23.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) René Laennec (c) Edward Jenner (d) Louis Braille
  24. 24.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  25. 25.True or false: René Laennec gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) telephone (b) stethoscope (c) telescope (d) thermometer
  27. 27.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: a thermometer helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: a stethoscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.What does a compass help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) find directions (c) measure body temperature (d) see faraway stars
  33. 33.True or false: a calculator helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) compass (b) stethoscope (c) clock (d) printing press
  36. 36.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) X-rays (c) the electric battery (d) the printing press
  37. 37.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) thermometer (b) telephone (c) printing press (d) stethoscope
  38. 38.What does a clock help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) tell the time (c) measure body temperature (d) talk to people far away
  39. 39.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the telephone (c) the electric battery (d) penicillin

Answer key

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

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