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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 644 · 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) raised-dot writing (c) X-rays (d) the first aeroplane
  2. 2.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.What does a telephone help us do? (a) print many books (b) measure body temperature (c) do sums quickly (d) talk to people far away
  4. 4.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) print many books (c) hear the heartbeat (d) tell the time
  5. 5.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the telephone (b) the electric battery (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) raised-dot writing
  8. 8.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: a calculator helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  11. 11.True or false: a calculator helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) telephone (b) printing press (c) clock (d) calculator
  13. 13.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Louis Braille (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alexander Fleming
  14. 14.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  15. 15.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Edward Jenner
  16. 16.What does a clock help us do? (a) tell the time (b) see faraway stars (c) hear the heartbeat (d) talk to people far away
  17. 17.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Louis Braille (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  18. 18.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the printing press (c) the telephone (d) X-rays
  20. 20.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Edward Jenner (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Louis Braille
  21. 21.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the stethoscope (c) penicillin (d) the electric battery
  23. 23.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) compass (b) telephone (c) stethoscope (d) thermometer
  24. 24.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: René Laennec gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.What does a printing press help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) measure body temperature (c) do sums quickly (d) print many books
  28. 28.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) René Laennec (c) Edward Jenner (d) Louis Braille
  29. 29.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) telescope (b) microscope (c) stethoscope (d) printing press
  30. 30.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) telephone (b) microscope (c) stethoscope (d) clock
  31. 31.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the telephone (b) the electric battery (c) X-rays (d) the printing press
  32. 32.True or false: René Laennec gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) calculator (b) microscope (c) clock (d) telephone
  34. 34.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) telescope (b) compass (c) thermometer (d) clock
  35. 35.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the telephone (b) raised-dot writing (c) the stethoscope (d) the printing press
  36. 36.What does a microscope help us do? (a) print many books (b) see tiny germs (c) see faraway stars (d) measure body temperature
  37. 37.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Louis Braille
  39. 39.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the printing press (b) the electric battery (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the telephone
  40. 40.True or false: a compass helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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