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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 347 · 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) the electric battery (b) penicillin (c) the printing press (d) the stethoscope
  2. 2.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) penicillin (c) the printing press (d) the first aeroplane
  4. 4.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the telephone (b) the first aeroplane (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the printing press
  5. 5.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  8. 8.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: a thermometer helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the printing press (c) raised-dot writing (d) the electric battery
  11. 11.What does a telephone help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) hear the heartbeat (c) measure body temperature (d) talk to people far away
  12. 12.What does a compass help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) measure body temperature (c) find directions (d) tell the time
  13. 13.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) X-rays (b) raised-dot writing (c) the stethoscope (d) penicillin
  14. 14.What does a calculator help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) see tiny germs (c) measure body temperature (d) hear the heartbeat
  15. 15.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Louis Braille
  16. 16.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) René Laennec (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alessandro Volta
  17. 17.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Edward Jenner (b) the Wright brothers (c) René Laennec (d) Louis Braille
  18. 18.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alessandro Volta
  19. 19.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) stethoscope (b) compass (c) microscope (d) telephone
  23. 23.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.What does a printing press help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) see faraway stars (c) print many books (d) find directions
  26. 26.True or false: a calculator helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.What does a microscope help us do? (a) print many books (b) find directions (c) hear the heartbeat (d) see tiny germs
  28. 28.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) penicillin (b) raised-dot writing (c) the printing press (d) the telephone
  29. 29.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) the Wright brothers (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  30. 30.What does a telescope help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) do sums quickly (c) see tiny germs (d) tell the time
  31. 31.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Edward Jenner (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  32. 32.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the printing press (c) raised-dot writing (d) the telephone
  33. 33.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alexander Fleming (c) René Laennec (d) Louis Braille
  34. 34.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) thermometer (b) calculator (c) microscope (d) telephone
  35. 35.True or false: a printing press helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) compass (b) telescope (c) telephone (d) printing press
  37. 37.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: a telescope helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) raised-dot writing (d) the first aeroplane

Answer key

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

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