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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 349 · 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.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Louis Braille (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  2. 2.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Edward Jenner (d) Louis Braille
  4. 4.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) René Laennec (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Louis Braille
  6. 6.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) calculator (b) printing press (c) telephone (d) thermometer
  7. 7.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) telephone (b) microscope (c) printing press (d) calculator
  8. 8.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: a printing press helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the printing press (b) raised-dot writing (c) the first aeroplane (d) the telephone
  11. 11.True or false: a compass helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.What does a compass help us do? (a) find directions (b) talk to people far away (c) do sums quickly (d) tell the time
  13. 13.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) X-rays (b) the telephone (c) the stethoscope (d) the first aeroplane
  14. 14.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Edward Jenner (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Alessandro Volta
  15. 15.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Louis Braille (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  16. 16.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) printing press (b) calculator (c) clock (d) compass
  17. 17.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the printing press (c) the telephone (d) the first aeroplane
  19. 19.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) thermometer (b) clock (c) telephone (d) microscope
  20. 20.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Louis Braille (d) René Laennec
  21. 21.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) X-rays (b) the electric battery (c) the telephone (d) the first aeroplane
  23. 23.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: a printing press helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) telephone (b) thermometer (c) printing press (d) stethoscope
  26. 26.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.What does a calculator help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) measure body temperature (c) print many books (d) hear the heartbeat
  28. 28.True or false: a microscope helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: a telephone helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) compass (b) calculator (c) clock (d) telephone
  31. 31.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the electric battery (c) the first aeroplane (d) the stethoscope
  32. 32.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) clock (b) calculator (c) printing press (d) telescope
  34. 34.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Louis Braille (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) the Wright brothers
  35. 35.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) telescope (b) microscope (c) compass (d) telephone
  37. 37.What did René Laennec give us? (a) X-rays (b) the printing press (c) the first aeroplane (d) the stethoscope
  38. 38.True or false: a calculator helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.What does a telephone help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) find directions (c) talk to people far away (d) print many books
  40. 40.True or false: a thermometer helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Alexander Graham Bell
  2. False
  3. Alessandro Volta
  4. True
  5. René Laennec
  6. thermometer
  7. printing press
  8. True
  9. False
  10. the telephone
  11. False
  12. find directions
  13. the first aeroplane
  14. Edward Jenner
  15. Wilhelm Röntgen
  16. clock
  17. True
  18. the printing press
  19. telephone
  20. Johannes Gutenberg
  21. True
  22. the electric battery
  23. True
  24. False
  25. stethoscope
  26. True
  27. do sums quickly
  28. False
  29. False
  30. calculator
  31. the smallpox vaccine
  32. True
  33. telescope
  34. Louis Braille
  35. False
  36. compass
  37. the stethoscope
  38. False
  39. talk to people far away
  40. False

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