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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 57 · 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 X-rays? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Edward Jenner (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  2. 2.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) talk to people far away (c) hear the heartbeat (d) see faraway stars
  3. 3.What did René Laennec give us? (a) X-rays (b) penicillin (c) the stethoscope (d) raised-dot writing
  4. 4.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.What does a clock help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) find directions (c) print many books (d) tell the time
  7. 7.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) stethoscope (b) clock (c) thermometer (d) calculator
  8. 8.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) the Wright brothers
  11. 11.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) telescope (b) printing press (c) thermometer (d) stethoscope
  14. 14.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Louis Braille (b) Edward Jenner (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) the Wright brothers
  17. 17.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) printing press (b) clock (c) thermometer (d) calculator
  19. 19.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.What does a printing press help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) print many books (c) see tiny germs (d) tell the time
  21. 21.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) X-rays (b) the first aeroplane (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the printing press
  23. 23.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) René Laennec (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Alessandro Volta
  24. 24.What does a calculator help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) do sums quickly (c) tell the time (d) see tiny germs
  25. 25.True or false: a telescope helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the printing press (c) penicillin (d) the telephone
  28. 28.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the first aeroplane (c) the electric battery (d) the printing press
  29. 29.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Louis Braille (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Alexander Fleming
  30. 30.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) René Laennec (d) Louis Braille
  31. 31.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) raised-dot writing (c) the stethoscope (d) penicillin
  32. 32.True or false: a telescope helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: a clock helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) compass (b) stethoscope (c) telephone (d) clock
  36. 36.True or false: a telephone helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: a telephone helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) telephone (b) thermometer (c) clock (d) compass
  40. 40.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Wilhelm Röntgen
  2. measure body temperature
  3. the stethoscope
  4. True
  5. True
  6. tell the time
  7. thermometer
  8. False
  9. False
  10. the Wright brothers
  11. False
  12. False
  13. telescope
  14. False
  15. True
  16. Edward Jenner
  17. True
  18. calculator
  19. False
  20. print many books
  21. True
  22. the smallpox vaccine
  23. Alexander Graham Bell
  24. do sums quickly
  25. False
  26. True
  27. the telephone
  28. the electric battery
  29. Alessandro Volta
  30. René Laennec
  31. penicillin
  32. False
  33. True
  34. False
  35. compass
  36. False
  37. True
  38. False
  39. telephone
  40. False

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