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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 673 · 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 stethoscope helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: René Laennec gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alessandro Volta
  4. 4.What does a calculator help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) do sums quickly (c) print many books (d) talk to people far away
  5. 5.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) the Wright brothers (c) Louis Braille (d) Edward Jenner
  6. 6.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the printing press (b) the electric battery (c) X-rays (d) the telephone
  7. 7.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) thermometer (b) stethoscope (c) telephone (d) compass
  8. 8.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) calculator (b) compass (c) stethoscope (d) thermometer
  10. 10.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) microscope (b) printing press (c) calculator (d) stethoscope
  11. 11.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the electric battery (c) the stethoscope (d) raised-dot writing
  12. 12.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) René Laennec (d) Edward Jenner
  13. 13.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) calculator (b) telephone (c) telescope (d) clock
  14. 14.What does a printing press help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) hear the heartbeat (c) measure body temperature (d) print many books
  15. 15.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) calculator (b) printing press (c) telephone (d) stethoscope
  16. 16.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the electric battery (b) X-rays (c) the printing press (d) the first aeroplane
  17. 17.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) hear the heartbeat (c) print many books (d) find directions
  18. 18.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alexander Fleming
  19. 19.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the printing press (b) the first aeroplane (c) the electric battery (d) the telephone
  20. 20.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) clock (b) telephone (c) thermometer (d) microscope
  21. 21.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.What does a microscope help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) see tiny germs (c) hear the heartbeat (d) tell the time
  23. 23.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: a telephone helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: a compass helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.What does a telescope help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) print many books (c) see tiny germs (d) see faraway stars
  32. 32.What does a telephone help us do? (a) tell the time (b) measure body temperature (c) find directions (d) talk to people far away
  33. 33.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) René Laennec (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  36. 36.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: a microscope helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) calculator (b) microscope (c) printing press (d) compass
  40. 40.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the stethoscope (c) the electric battery (d) the telephone

Answer key

  1. False
  2. False
  3. Wilhelm Röntgen
  4. do sums quickly
  5. Edward Jenner
  6. the printing press
  7. compass
  8. False
  9. thermometer
  10. calculator
  11. raised-dot writing
  12. René Laennec
  13. telephone
  14. print many books
  15. stethoscope
  16. the first aeroplane
  17. measure body temperature
  18. Johannes Gutenberg
  19. the telephone
  20. microscope
  21. True
  22. see tiny germs
  23. False
  24. True
  25. False
  26. False
  27. True
  28. False
  29. True
  30. True
  31. see faraway stars
  32. talk to people far away
  33. False
  34. True
  35. Alexander Fleming
  36. True
  37. False
  38. True
  39. printing press
  40. the stethoscope

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