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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 714 · 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 Louis Braille give us? (a) the telephone (b) the printing press (c) raised-dot writing (d) penicillin
  2. 2.What does a calculator help us do? (a) tell the time (b) do sums quickly (c) hear the heartbeat (d) talk to people far away
  3. 3.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: a telescope helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: a thermometer helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Alexander Fleming (c) René Laennec (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  8. 8.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.What does a compass help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) see faraway stars (c) print many books (d) find directions
  10. 10.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the telephone (c) the first aeroplane (d) the electric battery
  11. 11.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) penicillin (b) the stethoscope (c) the printing press (d) the telephone
  12. 12.True or false: a calculator helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: René Laennec gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) microscope (b) telescope (c) thermometer (d) printing press
  17. 17.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Louis Braille (d) Alexander Fleming
  18. 18.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) microscope (b) stethoscope (c) thermometer (d) calculator
  19. 19.True or false: a compass helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Louis Braille (d) the Wright brothers
  21. 21.What does a telescope help us do? (a) tell the time (b) find directions (c) print many books (d) see faraway stars
  22. 22.True or false: a printing press helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) penicillin (c) X-rays (d) the smallpox vaccine
  24. 24.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) thermometer (b) printing press (c) compass (d) microscope
  25. 25.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  26. 26.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Alexander Fleming (c) René Laennec (d) the Wright brothers
  27. 27.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) printing press (b) clock (c) thermometer (d) microscope
  29. 29.True or false: a telescope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: a printing press helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) clock (b) telescope (c) microscope (d) calculator
  32. 32.True or false: a telescope helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) see tiny germs (c) measure body temperature (d) see faraway stars
  34. 34.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) thermometer (b) microscope (c) calculator (d) printing press
  35. 35.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) microscope (b) thermometer (c) stethoscope (d) telephone
  36. 36.What did René Laennec give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the stethoscope (d) the first aeroplane
  37. 37.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: a stethoscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: a compass helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the printing press (b) X-rays (c) the telephone (d) the smallpox vaccine

Answer key

  1. raised-dot writing
  2. do sums quickly
  3. False
  4. False
  5. True
  6. False
  7. Alexander Graham Bell
  8. True
  9. find directions
  10. the first aeroplane
  11. the telephone
  12. False
  13. True
  14. False
  15. False
  16. printing press
  17. Louis Braille
  18. stethoscope
  19. False
  20. Alexander Fleming
  21. see faraway stars
  22. False
  23. X-rays
  24. thermometer
  25. Edward Jenner
  26. the Wright brothers
  27. True
  28. microscope
  29. False
  30. False
  31. telescope
  32. False
  33. measure body temperature
  34. calculator
  35. telephone
  36. the stethoscope
  37. False
  38. False
  39. False
  40. the smallpox vaccine

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