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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 631 · 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.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) telephone (b) thermometer (c) clock (d) stethoscope
  2. 2.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) raised-dot writing (c) the first aeroplane (d) the telephone
  4. 4.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Louis Braille (b) Edward Jenner (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  5. 5.True or false: René Laennec gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) tell the time (b) measure body temperature (c) hear the heartbeat (d) see faraway stars
  7. 7.What did René Laennec give us? (a) penicillin (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the first aeroplane (d) the stethoscope
  8. 8.True or false: a microscope helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the printing press (b) the stethoscope (c) X-rays (d) the smallpox vaccine
  11. 11.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Louis Braille (d) the Wright brothers
  12. 12.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alexander Fleming (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  13. 13.True or false: a clock helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) the Wright brothers (b) René Laennec (c) Louis Braille (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  15. 15.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) telephone (b) compass (c) thermometer (d) stethoscope
  17. 17.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  18. 18.True or false: a thermometer helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.What does a telephone help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) measure body temperature (c) hear the heartbeat (d) talk to people far away
  20. 20.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) microscope (b) stethoscope (c) thermometer (d) calculator
  21. 21.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) printing press (b) telescope (c) microscope (d) telephone
  25. 25.True or false: a telescope helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: a telescope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the first aeroplane (c) penicillin (d) the telephone
  30. 30.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the stethoscope (c) raised-dot writing (d) the telephone
  31. 31.What does a printing press help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) talk to people far away (c) print many books (d) see tiny germs
  32. 32.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) see faraway stars (c) print many books (d) hear the heartbeat
  33. 33.True or false: a clock helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.What does a telescope help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) tell the time (c) do sums quickly (d) print many books
  35. 35.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) compass (b) stethoscope (c) microscope (d) telephone
  36. 36.True or false: a telephone helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: a telephone helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) the Wright brothers (c) Louis Braille (d) René Laennec
  39. 39.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: a thermometer helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. clock
  2. True
  3. the telephone
  4. Edward Jenner
  5. False
  6. measure body temperature
  7. the stethoscope
  8. False
  9. False
  10. X-rays
  11. the Wright brothers
  12. Johannes Gutenberg
  13. False
  14. René Laennec
  15. True
  16. compass
  17. Alexander Graham Bell
  18. False
  19. talk to people far away
  20. calculator
  21. True
  22. False
  23. False
  24. telephone
  25. True
  26. False
  27. False
  28. False
  29. the electric battery
  30. the first aeroplane
  31. print many books
  32. hear the heartbeat
  33. False
  34. see faraway stars
  35. microscope
  36. False
  37. False
  38. Louis Braille
  39. True
  40. False

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