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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 316 · 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 the Wright brothers give us? (a) penicillin (b) raised-dot writing (c) X-rays (d) the first aeroplane
  2. 2.True or false: a compass helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: a compass helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the first aeroplane (c) the telephone (d) penicillin
  5. 5.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: René Laennec gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) microscope (b) compass (c) printing press (d) thermometer
  11. 11.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) raised-dot writing (d) the electric battery
  15. 15.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alexander Fleming (d) René Laennec
  16. 16.What does a compass help us do? (a) find directions (b) hear the heartbeat (c) talk to people far away (d) see faraway stars
  17. 17.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Alessandro Volta (d) the Wright brothers
  18. 18.True or false: a calculator helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the telephone (c) X-rays (d) the first aeroplane
  20. 20.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) the Wright brothers (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  21. 21.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  23. 23.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) telephone (b) thermometer (c) microscope (d) stethoscope
  24. 24.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) see tiny germs (c) find directions (d) measure body temperature
  26. 26.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) printing press (b) stethoscope (c) telephone (d) clock
  27. 27.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) the Wright brothers (c) Edward Jenner (d) Louis Braille
  28. 28.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the telephone (c) the stethoscope (d) the printing press
  29. 29.What does a telephone help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) measure body temperature (c) do sums quickly (d) see tiny germs
  30. 30.What does a printing press help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) see faraway stars (c) hear the heartbeat (d) print many books
  31. 31.True or false: a clock helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.What does a telescope help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) talk to people far away (c) see tiny germs (d) print many books
  33. 33.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) stethoscope (b) microscope (c) printing press (d) clock
  34. 34.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) raised-dot writing (c) the stethoscope (d) the electric battery
  36. 36.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: René Laennec gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: a printing press helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) compass (b) thermometer (c) stethoscope (d) calculator
  40. 40.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) penicillin (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the printing press (d) X-rays

Answer key

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

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