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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 717 · 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.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) the Wright brothers (b) René Laennec (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  2. 2.What does a telephone help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) talk to people far away (c) find directions (d) see tiny germs
  3. 3.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) find directions (b) measure body temperature (c) tell the time (d) see tiny germs
  4. 4.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) compass (b) microscope (c) telephone (d) thermometer
  5. 5.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the telephone (b) raised-dot writing (c) X-rays (d) the printing press
  9. 9.True or false: a telephone helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.What does a microscope help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) do sums quickly (c) print many books (d) see faraway stars
  11. 11.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) calculator (b) clock (c) telescope (d) compass
  12. 12.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) stethoscope (b) clock (c) microscope (d) compass
  13. 13.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Louis Braille (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Edward Jenner
  14. 14.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the first aeroplane (c) the electric battery (d) penicillin
  15. 15.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the first aeroplane (c) raised-dot writing (d) the printing press
  16. 16.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the stethoscope (d) raised-dot writing
  17. 17.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) René Laennec (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alexander Fleming
  19. 19.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Edward Jenner (c) Louis Braille (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  20. 20.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) telephone (b) stethoscope (c) compass (d) calculator
  21. 21.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: a microscope helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: a compass helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) telephone (b) stethoscope (c) telescope (d) compass
  25. 25.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) René Laennec (c) Louis Braille (d) Edward Jenner
  26. 26.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) X-rays (c) the electric battery (d) the telephone
  28. 28.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) penicillin (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the printing press (d) X-rays
  29. 29.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) compass (b) thermometer (c) calculator (d) microscope
  30. 30.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Edward Jenner (d) René Laennec
  31. 31.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) compass (b) stethoscope (c) telescope (d) thermometer
  33. 33.True or false: a clock helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: a calculator helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Edward Jenner (b) René Laennec (c) Alexander Fleming (d) the Wright brothers
  36. 36.True or false: a thermometer helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the telephone (b) X-rays (c) penicillin (d) the first aeroplane
  38. 38.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) raised-dot writing (c) the first aeroplane (d) the printing press
  39. 39.What does a compass help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) see tiny germs (c) find directions (d) see faraway stars
  40. 40.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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