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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 652 · 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 Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the telephone (c) the stethoscope (d) the printing press
  2. 2.What does a printing press help us do? (a) find directions (b) tell the time (c) measure body temperature (d) print many books
  3. 3.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) X-rays (b) the first aeroplane (c) the printing press (d) the telephone
  4. 4.What does a telephone help us do? (a) tell the time (b) see faraway stars (c) see tiny germs (d) talk to people far away
  5. 5.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Louis Braille (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Edward Jenner (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  6. 6.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) do sums quickly (c) measure body temperature (d) print many books
  7. 7.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) microscope (b) printing press (c) thermometer (d) stethoscope
  8. 8.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the telephone (d) the printing press
  9. 9.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.What does a compass help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) print many books (c) see faraway stars (d) find directions
  11. 11.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) see faraway stars (c) measure body temperature (d) hear the heartbeat
  13. 13.True or false: a telescope helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Edward Jenner (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) René Laennec
  15. 15.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Alexander Fleming (c) the Wright brothers (d) Edward Jenner
  16. 16.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the electric battery (b) penicillin (c) X-rays (d) the first aeroplane
  17. 17.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) telephone (b) clock (c) stethoscope (d) calculator
  18. 18.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) the Wright brothers
  19. 19.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Louis Braille (b) the Wright brothers (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alessandro Volta
  20. 20.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alessandro Volta
  21. 21.True or false: a thermometer helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) stethoscope (b) telephone (c) telescope (d) thermometer
  24. 24.What does a telescope help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) tell the time (c) see faraway stars (d) talk to people far away
  25. 25.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the printing press (b) the first aeroplane (c) penicillin (d) the electric battery
  28. 28.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: a compass helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) clock (b) thermometer (c) telescope (d) printing press
  32. 32.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the stethoscope (c) raised-dot writing (d) the printing press
  33. 33.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) calculator (b) compass (c) stethoscope (d) clock
  34. 34.What did René Laennec give us? (a) X-rays (b) the stethoscope (c) the printing press (d) the telephone
  35. 35.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) clock (b) stethoscope (c) compass (d) thermometer
  36. 36.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the telephone (b) the stethoscope (c) the first aeroplane (d) penicillin
  40. 40.What does a microscope help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) see faraway stars (c) do sums quickly (d) see tiny germs

Answer key

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

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