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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 251 · 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 Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the stethoscope (c) X-rays (d) penicillin
  2. 2.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) compass (b) clock (c) microscope (d) calculator
  4. 4.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) the Wright brothers (c) Louis Braille (d) Edward Jenner
  5. 5.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) find directions (b) measure body temperature (c) talk to people far away (d) print many books
  6. 6.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the stethoscope (c) penicillin (d) raised-dot writing
  7. 7.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Louis Braille (b) Edward Jenner (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) the Wright brothers
  9. 9.What does a telescope help us do? (a) tell the time (b) see faraway stars (c) find directions (d) talk to people far away
  10. 10.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) the Wright brothers (c) Alessandro Volta (d) René Laennec
  11. 11.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.What does a clock help us do? (a) tell the time (b) hear the heartbeat (c) measure body temperature (d) talk to people far away
  13. 13.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the telephone (b) the first aeroplane (c) penicillin (d) the electric battery
  14. 14.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) calculator (b) printing press (c) telephone (d) compass
  15. 15.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.What does a telephone help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) tell the time (c) talk to people far away (d) see faraway stars
  17. 17.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) stethoscope (b) printing press (c) calculator (d) thermometer
  18. 18.True or false: a microscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) X-rays (c) the printing press (d) the telephone
  20. 20.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Louis Braille (c) René Laennec (d) Alexander Fleming
  21. 21.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.What does a microscope help us do? (a) find directions (b) see tiny germs (c) see faraway stars (d) measure body temperature
  24. 24.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) talk to people far away (c) print many books (d) see faraway stars
  25. 25.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the telephone (c) raised-dot writing (d) the printing press
  26. 26.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the telephone (b) the electric battery (c) penicillin (d) X-rays
  27. 27.What did René Laennec give us? (a) penicillin (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the telephone (d) the stethoscope
  28. 28.What does a compass help us do? (a) find directions (b) talk to people far away (c) hear the heartbeat (d) measure body temperature
  29. 29.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) stethoscope (b) thermometer (c) printing press (d) clock
  31. 31.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.What does a calculator help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) see tiny germs (c) print many books (d) see faraway stars
  34. 34.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the printing press (b) the telephone (c) raised-dot writing (d) penicillin
  35. 35.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) raised-dot writing (d) the telephone
  36. 36.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.What does a printing press help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) see tiny germs (c) find directions (d) print many books
  39. 39.True or false: a compass helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: a printing press helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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