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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 669 · 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.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  3. 3.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) see faraway stars (c) tell the time (d) talk to people far away
  4. 4.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) stethoscope (b) clock (c) thermometer (d) printing press
  5. 5.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) penicillin (b) the printing press (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the telephone
  6. 6.What does a compass help us do? (a) find directions (b) do sums quickly (c) hear the heartbeat (d) measure body temperature
  7. 7.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the first aeroplane (c) the electric battery (d) X-rays
  8. 8.True or false: a telephone helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) calculator (b) compass (c) telephone (d) telescope
  10. 10.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the first aeroplane (c) the stethoscope (d) the telephone
  11. 11.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.What does a printing press help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) measure body temperature (c) find directions (d) print many books
  14. 14.What does a clock help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) talk to people far away (c) hear the heartbeat (d) tell the time
  15. 15.What does a telephone help us do? (a) find directions (b) see faraway stars (c) talk to people far away (d) see tiny germs
  16. 16.True or false: a calculator helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alessandro Volta (c) the Wright brothers (d) Edward Jenner
  20. 20.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) René Laennec (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Edward Jenner
  21. 21.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) René Laennec (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alexander Fleming
  22. 22.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) X-rays (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the telephone
  23. 23.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) calculator (b) compass (c) printing press (d) clock
  24. 24.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Louis Braille (c) the Wright brothers (d) Edward Jenner
  25. 25.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) thermometer (b) stethoscope (c) telescope (d) microscope
  27. 27.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) compass (b) clock (c) telephone (d) calculator
  31. 31.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) the Wright brothers (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Edward Jenner
  32. 32.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) René Laennec (c) Louis Braille (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  33. 33.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) telephone (b) compass (c) thermometer (d) printing press
  34. 34.What does a calculator help us do? (a) print many books (b) do sums quickly (c) see faraway stars (d) hear the heartbeat
  35. 35.What does a microscope help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) see tiny germs (c) see faraway stars (d) talk to people far away
  36. 36.True or false: a printing press helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Louis Braille (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  39. 39.True or false: Louis Braille gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Edward Jenner (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Wilhelm Röntgen

Answer key

  1. True
  2. Edward Jenner
  3. measure body temperature
  4. printing press
  5. the telephone
  6. find directions
  7. the electric battery
  8. False
  9. telescope
  10. the stethoscope
  11. True
  12. True
  13. print many books
  14. tell the time
  15. talk to people far away
  16. False
  17. True
  18. True
  19. Johannes Gutenberg
  20. Alessandro Volta
  21. René Laennec
  22. the first aeroplane
  23. clock
  24. the Wright brothers
  25. True
  26. microscope
  27. False
  28. True
  29. False
  30. telephone
  31. Alexander Graham Bell
  32. Louis Braille
  33. compass
  34. do sums quickly
  35. see tiny germs
  36. False
  37. False
  38. Wilhelm Röntgen
  39. False
  40. Alexander Fleming

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