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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 943 · 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 René Laennec give us? (a) penicillin (b) the printing press (c) X-rays (d) the stethoscope
  2. 2.What does a printing press help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) measure body temperature (c) find directions (d) print many books
  3. 3.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) X-rays (b) the stethoscope (c) raised-dot writing (d) the printing press
  5. 5.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the first aeroplane (c) X-rays (d) the electric battery
  6. 6.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) print many books (b) do sums quickly (c) hear the heartbeat (d) find directions
  9. 9.What does a calculator help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) hear the heartbeat (c) do sums quickly (d) see tiny germs
  10. 10.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) telescope (b) telephone (c) stethoscope (d) thermometer
  11. 11.What does a telescope help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) talk to people far away (c) see faraway stars (d) print many books
  12. 12.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the printing press (b) the telephone (c) penicillin (d) the smallpox vaccine
  13. 13.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) René Laennec
  14. 14.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Louis Braille (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  15. 15.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) stethoscope (b) thermometer (c) printing press (d) calculator
  16. 16.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) René Laennec (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Louis Braille
  17. 17.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) X-rays (c) penicillin (d) the telephone
  20. 20.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the electric battery (c) raised-dot writing (d) the printing press
  22. 22.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) René Laennec (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alessandro Volta
  23. 23.True or false: a compass helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) compass (b) microscope (c) telephone (d) telescope
  26. 26.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) thermometer (b) printing press (c) telescope (d) compass
  27. 27.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) the Wright brothers (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  28. 28.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the electric battery (c) the telephone (d) penicillin
  29. 29.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the telephone (c) the stethoscope (d) the first aeroplane
  30. 30.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) stethoscope (b) telephone (c) printing press (d) microscope
  31. 31.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) telephone (b) microscope (c) stethoscope (d) printing press
  32. 32.What does a telephone help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) do sums quickly (c) see tiny germs (d) talk to people far away
  33. 33.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) stethoscope (b) printing press (c) clock (d) telephone
  34. 34.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Edward Jenner (d) René Laennec
  36. 36.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Edward Jenner (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alexander Fleming
  38. 38.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the printing press (b) X-rays (c) the first aeroplane (d) the electric battery
  39. 39.True or false: a clock helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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