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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 559 · 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) the telephone (b) the first aeroplane (c) the printing press (d) the smallpox vaccine
  2. 2.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Louis Braille (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alessandro Volta
  4. 4.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) telescope (b) clock (c) microscope (d) thermometer
  5. 5.What does a microscope help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) tell the time (c) see tiny germs (d) see faraway stars
  6. 6.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) telephone (b) thermometer (c) compass (d) calculator
  7. 7.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) telephone (b) printing press (c) telescope (d) microscope
  8. 8.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Louis Braille
  9. 9.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) print many books (b) measure body temperature (c) see faraway stars (d) hear the heartbeat
  11. 11.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the telephone (c) raised-dot writing (d) penicillin
  12. 12.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Louis Braille
  14. 14.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) penicillin (b) the electric battery (c) raised-dot writing (d) X-rays
  15. 15.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Louis Braille (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) the Wright brothers (d) René Laennec
  16. 16.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the telephone (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) raised-dot writing (d) the electric battery
  17. 17.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) telescope (b) stethoscope (c) thermometer (d) microscope
  18. 18.True or false: a compass helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Alexander Fleming (d) René Laennec
  20. 20.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the printing press (b) the stethoscope (c) X-rays (d) the electric battery
  22. 22.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Louis Braille (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Edward Jenner
  23. 23.What does a clock help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) print many books (c) tell the time (d) find directions
  24. 24.What does a telephone help us do? (a) tell the time (b) see faraway stars (c) talk to people far away (d) measure body temperature
  25. 25.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) stethoscope (b) calculator (c) microscope (d) telescope
  26. 26.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Edward Jenner (b) the Wright brothers (c) René Laennec (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  29. 29.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) X-rays (b) the printing press (c) raised-dot writing (d) the electric battery
  30. 30.What does a telescope help us do? (a) find directions (b) see faraway stars (c) talk to people far away (d) measure body temperature
  31. 31.What does a calculator help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) talk to people far away (c) hear the heartbeat (d) measure body temperature
  32. 32.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) clock (b) telescope (c) printing press (d) calculator
  33. 33.True or false: a compass helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: a calculator helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) X-rays (b) raised-dot writing (c) the electric battery (d) penicillin
  38. 38.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) find directions (b) see faraway stars (c) measure body temperature (d) print many books
  39. 39.True or false: a telescope helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the electric battery (c) the telephone (d) the stethoscope

Answer key

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

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