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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 304 · 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.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) thermometer (b) clock (c) calculator (d) stethoscope
  2. 2.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) penicillin (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the electric battery
  4. 4.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the printing press (c) the first aeroplane (d) X-rays
  5. 5.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) stethoscope (b) telescope (c) thermometer (d) clock
  6. 6.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) penicillin (d) X-rays
  10. 10.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the printing press (c) the stethoscope (d) raised-dot writing
  12. 12.What does a telescope help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) tell the time (c) hear the heartbeat (d) see faraway stars
  13. 13.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) the Wright brothers
  15. 15.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) the Wright brothers (c) René Laennec (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  16. 16.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) René Laennec (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  17. 17.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) tell the time (b) hear the heartbeat (c) see faraway stars (d) see tiny germs
  18. 18.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.What does a compass help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) see faraway stars (c) talk to people far away (d) find directions
  20. 20.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Edward Jenner (d) Louis Braille
  21. 21.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the printing press (c) the telephone (d) penicillin
  24. 24.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the telephone (b) the first aeroplane (c) raised-dot writing (d) the stethoscope
  25. 25.True or false: a printing press helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) penicillin (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the telephone (d) raised-dot writing
  27. 27.What does a telephone help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) talk to people far away (c) measure body temperature (d) see faraway stars
  28. 28.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Edward Jenner (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) René Laennec
  29. 29.True or false: a compass helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) tell the time (c) hear the heartbeat (d) measure body temperature
  32. 32.True or false: a telephone helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: René Laennec gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) compass (b) thermometer (c) telephone (d) telescope
  36. 36.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) stethoscope (b) calculator (c) clock (d) telescope
  38. 38.True or false: a telescope helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: a telephone helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: a telephone helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. calculator
  2. False
  3. the electric battery
  4. the first aeroplane
  5. thermometer
  6. True
  7. True
  8. False
  9. X-rays
  10. True
  11. the printing press
  12. see faraway stars
  13. True
  14. Alexander Graham Bell
  15. Wilhelm Röntgen
  16. Alessandro Volta
  17. hear the heartbeat
  18. True
  19. find directions
  20. Edward Jenner
  21. False
  22. False
  23. penicillin
  24. the stethoscope
  25. False
  26. raised-dot writing
  27. talk to people far away
  28. René Laennec
  29. False
  30. True
  31. measure body temperature
  32. False
  33. False
  34. False
  35. telescope
  36. True
  37. stethoscope
  38. True
  39. False
  40. False

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