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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 102 · 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 Edward Jenner give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the telephone (c) X-rays (d) the smallpox vaccine
  2. 2.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Edward Jenner
  3. 3.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) René Laennec (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  4. 4.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) hear the heartbeat (c) measure body temperature (d) see tiny germs
  5. 5.True or false: a compass helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) microscope (b) thermometer (c) clock (d) telescope
  7. 7.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Louis Braille (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) René Laennec
  8. 8.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Louis Braille
  10. 10.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  11. 11.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) telephone (b) telescope (c) calculator (d) microscope
  13. 13.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) compass (b) clock (c) microscope (d) calculator
  15. 15.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) X-rays (b) penicillin (c) the electric battery (d) raised-dot writing
  16. 16.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) calculator (b) microscope (c) thermometer (d) stethoscope
  17. 17.True or false: a telephone helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) clock (b) printing press (c) calculator (d) microscope
  20. 20.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.What does a clock help us do? (a) tell the time (b) hear the heartbeat (c) find directions (d) do sums quickly
  22. 22.True or false: René Laennec gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) find directions (c) see tiny germs (d) measure body temperature
  24. 24.True or false: a telescope helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the electric battery (c) X-rays (d) the smallpox vaccine
  26. 26.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the first aeroplane (c) the telephone (d) raised-dot writing
  27. 27.What does a telescope help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) measure body temperature (c) print many books (d) find directions
  28. 28.What does a compass help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) find directions (c) hear the heartbeat (d) talk to people far away
  29. 29.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) penicillin (b) the electric battery (c) the stethoscope (d) the first aeroplane
  32. 32.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) X-rays (b) raised-dot writing (c) the electric battery (d) the smallpox vaccine
  33. 33.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the telephone (c) the electric battery (d) raised-dot writing
  34. 34.True or false: a compass helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: a printing press helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: a telephone helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) penicillin (b) the stethoscope (c) the first aeroplane (d) the printing press
  38. 38.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) compass (b) thermometer (c) stethoscope (d) telescope
  39. 39.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Alessandro Volta (d) the Wright brothers

Answer key

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

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