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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 692 · 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 electric battery (b) X-rays (c) the telephone (d) the first aeroplane
  2. 2.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Louis Braille
  3. 3.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Edward Jenner (c) Louis Braille (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  4. 4.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) telescope (b) calculator (c) printing press (d) telephone
  5. 5.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) René Laennec (d) Louis Braille
  6. 6.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Louis Braille (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) the Wright brothers
  7. 7.True or false: a microscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the telephone (b) the first aeroplane (c) the electric battery (d) the stethoscope
  9. 9.What does a microscope help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) hear the heartbeat (c) find directions (d) tell the time
  10. 10.True or false: a microscope helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the telephone (d) X-rays
  12. 12.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the telephone (c) the printing press (d) penicillin
  13. 13.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) thermometer (b) compass (c) microscope (d) telephone
  14. 14.True or false: a telescope helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Edward Jenner (d) Louis Braille
  17. 17.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the printing press (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) raised-dot writing (d) the telephone
  18. 18.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Louis Braille (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alessandro Volta (d) the Wright brothers
  19. 19.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) tell the time (b) talk to people far away (c) see tiny germs (d) hear the heartbeat
  20. 20.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) compass (b) stethoscope (c) clock (d) calculator
  21. 21.True or false: a telephone helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Louis Braille (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) the Wright brothers
  23. 23.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) compass (b) stethoscope (c) microscope (d) printing press
  24. 24.What does a telephone help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) talk to people far away (c) see faraway stars (d) see tiny germs
  25. 25.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) penicillin (b) the telephone (c) raised-dot writing (d) the first aeroplane
  27. 27.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.What does a calculator help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) see faraway stars (c) do sums quickly (d) find directions
  29. 29.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: a calculator helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Edward Jenner (c) the Wright brothers (d) René Laennec
  32. 32.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) penicillin (c) the printing press (d) the telephone
  36. 36.True or false: a clock helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the stethoscope (c) the printing press (d) the telephone
  38. 38.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) clock (b) calculator (c) printing press (d) thermometer
  39. 39.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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