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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 783 · 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: a calculator helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: a thermometer helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the printing press (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) X-rays
  4. 4.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Alessandro Volta (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  5. 5.What does a printing press help us do? (a) find directions (b) hear the heartbeat (c) print many books (d) see faraway stars
  6. 6.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) René Laennec (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) the Wright brothers
  7. 7.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) René Laennec (d) Alessandro Volta
  8. 8.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the electric battery (b) X-rays (c) the telephone (d) raised-dot writing
  10. 10.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Louis Braille (b) René Laennec (c) Alexander Fleming (d) the Wright brothers
  11. 11.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) clock (b) printing press (c) calculator (d) compass
  12. 12.What does a telephone help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) see tiny germs (c) find directions (d) talk to people far away
  13. 13.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) raised-dot writing (c) the printing press (d) the electric battery
  14. 14.True or false: Louis Braille gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alessandro Volta
  16. 16.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Louis Braille (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) René Laennec
  18. 18.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.What did René Laennec give us? (a) penicillin (b) the stethoscope (c) the printing press (d) the first aeroplane
  20. 20.What does a microscope help us do? (a) print many books (b) tell the time (c) see tiny germs (d) talk to people far away
  21. 21.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) microscope (b) compass (c) clock (d) telephone
  22. 22.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the stethoscope (c) the printing press (d) raised-dot writing
  23. 23.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.What does a telescope help us do? (a) find directions (b) see faraway stars (c) print many books (d) hear the heartbeat
  25. 25.What does a clock help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) hear the heartbeat (c) talk to people far away (d) tell the time
  26. 26.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  27. 27.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the telephone (b) the printing press (c) the first aeroplane (d) raised-dot writing
  28. 28.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) René Laennec (b) Edward Jenner (c) the Wright brothers (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  30. 30.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) telephone (b) stethoscope (c) compass (d) clock
  32. 32.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: a telephone helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the printing press (b) the telephone (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) X-rays
  35. 35.True or false: a stethoscope helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.What does a calculator help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) print many books (c) do sums quickly (d) talk to people far away
  37. 37.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) tell the time (b) hear the heartbeat (c) do sums quickly (d) measure body temperature
  38. 38.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) telescope (b) stethoscope (c) telephone (d) printing press
  39. 39.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) printing press (b) microscope (c) thermometer (d) calculator
  40. 40.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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