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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 865 · 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 Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the telephone (c) the first aeroplane (d) the printing press
  2. 2.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) penicillin (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the stethoscope
  3. 3.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alexander Fleming
  4. 4.What did René Laennec give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the stethoscope (c) X-rays (d) the electric battery
  5. 5.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the printing press (b) the first aeroplane (c) the telephone (d) the smallpox vaccine
  6. 6.What does a calculator help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) do sums quickly (c) measure body temperature (d) talk to people far away
  7. 7.What does a telescope help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) see faraway stars (c) hear the heartbeat (d) print many books
  8. 8.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) calculator (b) telescope (c) compass (d) printing press
  10. 10.True or false: a telescope helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: a calculator helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) tell the time (b) do sums quickly (c) talk to people far away (d) measure body temperature
  13. 13.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the printing press (c) the telephone (d) penicillin
  14. 14.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Louis Braille (b) the Wright brothers (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Edward Jenner
  16. 16.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the telephone (b) the printing press (c) penicillin (d) the smallpox vaccine
  17. 17.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Louis Braille (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  20. 20.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) René Laennec (b) Alexander Fleming (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alessandro Volta
  21. 21.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) René Laennec (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Louis Braille
  22. 22.True or false: René Laennec gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) see faraway stars (c) find directions (d) tell the time
  24. 24.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) telephone (b) microscope (c) telescope (d) compass
  25. 25.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Louis Braille (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Edward Jenner
  26. 26.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alexander Fleming (c) René Laennec (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  27. 27.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) calculator (b) clock (c) telephone (d) thermometer
  29. 29.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: a clock helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.What does a telephone help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) find directions (c) see tiny germs (d) talk to people far away
  35. 35.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) stethoscope (b) telescope (c) clock (d) thermometer
  36. 36.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) René Laennec (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Edward Jenner
  37. 37.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) printing press (b) compass (c) clock (d) microscope
  38. 38.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.What does a clock help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) talk to people far away (c) find directions (d) tell the time
  40. 40.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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