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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 757 · 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: Edward Jenner gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the telephone (b) the first aeroplane (c) penicillin (d) the electric battery
  3. 3.True or false: a calculator helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the telephone (c) the first aeroplane (d) the smallpox vaccine
  5. 5.True or false: a compass helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.What does a printing press help us do? (a) find directions (b) print many books (c) hear the heartbeat (d) see tiny germs
  7. 7.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) the Wright brothers (c) Louis Braille (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  8. 8.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: a clock helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) telescope (b) printing press (c) stethoscope (d) telephone
  11. 11.True or false: a stethoscope helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Louis Braille
  15. 15.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) printing press (b) compass (c) stethoscope (d) telephone
  16. 16.True or false: a stethoscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  18. 18.What does a telescope help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) see faraway stars (c) measure body temperature (d) print many books
  19. 19.What does a compass help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) find directions (c) print many books (d) measure body temperature
  20. 20.True or false: a compass helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Edward Jenner (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  22. 22.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the printing press (c) the first aeroplane (d) raised-dot writing
  23. 23.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) find directions (c) tell the time (d) see tiny germs
  24. 24.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) René Laennec (d) Edward Jenner
  26. 26.True or false: René Laennec gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) René Laennec (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  28. 28.What does a calculator help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) print many books (c) hear the heartbeat (d) find directions
  29. 29.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) clock (b) printing press (c) calculator (d) compass
  31. 31.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: a calculator helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) thermometer (b) printing press (c) telephone (d) clock
  35. 35.True or false: a telescope helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) penicillin (b) the first aeroplane (c) raised-dot writing (d) the telephone
  38. 38.True or false: a printing press helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) telephone (b) stethoscope (c) telescope (d) clock
  40. 40.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) René Laennec

Answer key

  1. False
  2. the first aeroplane
  3. False
  4. the smallpox vaccine
  5. False
  6. print many books
  7. the Wright brothers
  8. True
  9. False
  10. telescope
  11. False
  12. True
  13. False
  14. Louis Braille
  15. stethoscope
  16. False
  17. Johannes Gutenberg
  18. see faraway stars
  19. find directions
  20. False
  21. Alexander Graham Bell
  22. the printing press
  23. hear the heartbeat
  24. False
  25. René Laennec
  26. False
  27. Alexander Fleming
  28. do sums quickly
  29. False
  30. calculator
  31. False
  32. True
  33. False
  34. clock
  35. True
  36. True
  37. the telephone
  38. False
  39. telephone
  40. Wilhelm Röntgen

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