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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 447 · 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 does a telescope help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) talk to people far away (c) do sums quickly (d) see faraway stars
  2. 2.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Edward Jenner (b) the Wright brothers (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  3. 3.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) thermometer (b) printing press (c) calculator (d) microscope
  5. 5.True or false: a telescope helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Louis Braille (b) Edward Jenner (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) the Wright brothers
  7. 7.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the printing press (c) the telephone (d) the stethoscope
  9. 9.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: a thermometer helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) compass (b) thermometer (c) stethoscope (d) microscope
  12. 12.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) print many books (c) do sums quickly (d) find directions
  13. 13.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) compass (b) stethoscope (c) microscope (d) clock
  14. 14.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.What does a calculator help us do? (a) tell the time (b) do sums quickly (c) find directions (d) talk to people far away
  16. 16.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Edward Jenner (c) Louis Braille (d) the Wright brothers
  17. 17.True or false: a telephone helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) measure body temperature (c) do sums quickly (d) hear the heartbeat
  19. 19.True or false: a telescope helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) calculator (b) compass (c) thermometer (d) printing press
  21. 21.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Louis Braille
  22. 22.True or false: a clock helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.What does a telephone help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) measure body temperature (c) talk to people far away (d) do sums quickly
  24. 24.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Alexander Fleming (d) the Wright brothers
  26. 26.What does a microscope help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) do sums quickly (c) tell the time (d) hear the heartbeat
  27. 27.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Louis Braille (d) Edward Jenner
  28. 28.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the electric battery (c) penicillin (d) X-rays
  29. 29.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) raised-dot writing (c) the printing press (d) the first aeroplane
  30. 30.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the telephone (b) penicillin (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the printing press
  31. 31.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) telephone (b) stethoscope (c) clock (d) calculator
  32. 32.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the stethoscope (d) the first aeroplane
  33. 33.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.What does a clock help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) see faraway stars (c) tell the time (d) measure body temperature
  37. 37.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) René Laennec (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Louis Braille
  39. 39.True or false: René Laennec gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) the Wright brothers (c) Edward Jenner (d) Wilhelm Röntgen

Answer key

  1. see faraway stars
  2. Johannes Gutenberg
  3. False
  4. thermometer
  5. False
  6. the Wright brothers
  7. True
  8. the stethoscope
  9. False
  10. False
  11. microscope
  12. hear the heartbeat
  13. stethoscope
  14. True
  15. do sums quickly
  16. Edward Jenner
  17. False
  18. measure body temperature
  19. True
  20. compass
  21. Louis Braille
  22. False
  23. talk to people far away
  24. False
  25. Alessandro Volta
  26. see tiny germs
  27. Alexander Fleming
  28. the electric battery
  29. the printing press
  30. the telephone
  31. telephone
  32. the smallpox vaccine
  33. False
  34. True
  35. True
  36. tell the time
  37. True
  38. René Laennec
  39. False
  40. Wilhelm Röntgen

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