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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 71 · 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) the electric battery (c) the first aeroplane (d) penicillin
  2. 2.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Edward Jenner (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  4. 4.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alessandro Volta
  5. 5.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) telephone (b) thermometer (c) stethoscope (d) compass
  9. 9.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.What does a microscope help us do? (a) tell the time (b) see faraway stars (c) talk to people far away (d) see tiny germs
  12. 12.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the telephone (b) the electric battery (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the printing press
  14. 14.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Edward Jenner (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  15. 15.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) penicillin (c) the electric battery (d) raised-dot writing
  16. 16.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the telephone (b) raised-dot writing (c) X-rays (d) penicillin
  17. 17.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) hear the heartbeat (c) find directions (d) talk to people far away
  19. 19.What does a telephone help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) see tiny germs (c) find directions (d) measure body temperature
  20. 20.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the first aeroplane (c) the telephone (d) raised-dot writing
  21. 21.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) talk to people far away (c) measure body temperature (d) tell the time
  22. 22.True or false: a microscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.What does a printing press help us do? (a) tell the time (b) hear the heartbeat (c) print many books (d) see faraway stars
  24. 24.True or false: a thermometer helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: a calculator helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.What did René Laennec give us? (a) penicillin (b) the stethoscope (c) the telephone (d) raised-dot writing
  28. 28.What does a telescope help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) see faraway stars (c) find directions (d) see tiny germs
  29. 29.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) penicillin (b) the electric battery (c) the telephone (d) X-rays
  30. 30.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Alessandro Volta (c) René Laennec (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  31. 31.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Louis Braille
  33. 33.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: a microscope helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) microscope (b) stethoscope (c) telephone (d) clock
  37. 37.True or false: a calculator helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) clock (b) compass (c) telescope (d) microscope

Answer key

  1. the first aeroplane
  2. False
  3. Edward Jenner
  4. Alessandro Volta
  5. True
  6. True
  7. True
  8. stethoscope
  9. False
  10. False
  11. see tiny germs
  12. True
  13. the printing press
  14. Alexander Graham Bell
  15. the electric battery
  16. the telephone
  17. False
  18. hear the heartbeat
  19. talk to people far away
  20. raised-dot writing
  21. measure body temperature
  22. False
  23. print many books
  24. False
  25. False
  26. False
  27. the stethoscope
  28. see faraway stars
  29. X-rays
  30. René Laennec
  31. True
  32. the Wright brothers
  33. False
  34. False
  35. True
  36. telephone
  37. False
  38. True
  39. True
  40. clock

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