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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 863 · 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 smallpox vaccine? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) the Wright brothers (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  2. 2.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) raised-dot writing (d) the telephone
  3. 3.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) stethoscope (b) telescope (c) telephone (d) microscope
  4. 4.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the printing press (c) the first aeroplane (d) the smallpox vaccine
  6. 6.What does a telephone help us do? (a) find directions (b) talk to people far away (c) see faraway stars (d) tell the time
  7. 7.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) René Laennec (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Louis Braille
  10. 10.What does a telescope help us do? (a) find directions (b) print many books (c) see faraway stars (d) see tiny germs
  11. 11.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Louis Braille (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Edward Jenner (d) René Laennec
  12. 12.What does a printing press help us do? (a) print many books (b) tell the time (c) measure body temperature (d) see faraway stars
  13. 13.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) telescope (b) stethoscope (c) clock (d) telephone
  14. 14.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) find directions (c) talk to people far away (d) print many books
  16. 16.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) X-rays (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the telephone (d) the stethoscope
  17. 17.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) telephone (b) compass (c) clock (d) microscope
  18. 18.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  20. 20.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) print many books (c) measure body temperature (d) see tiny germs
  23. 23.True or false: a stethoscope helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Alessandro Volta (c) the Wright brothers (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  25. 25.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.What does a calculator help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) tell the time (c) do sums quickly (d) print many books
  27. 27.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) microscope (b) compass (c) telephone (d) printing press
  28. 28.What does a clock help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) see faraway stars (c) print many books (d) tell the time
  29. 29.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) compass (b) telephone (c) stethoscope (d) thermometer
  31. 31.What does a compass help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) find directions (c) measure body temperature (d) see faraway stars
  32. 32.True or false: a telephone helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) René Laennec (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Alexander Fleming
  35. 35.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the printing press (b) raised-dot writing (c) penicillin (d) the electric battery
  36. 36.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) the Wright brothers (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Alessandro Volta
  37. 37.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: a thermometer helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) René Laennec (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Louis Braille

Answer key

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

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