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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 876 · 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 does a thermometer help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) do sums quickly (c) print many books (d) measure body temperature
  2. 2.What did René Laennec give us? (a) X-rays (b) raised-dot writing (c) penicillin (d) the stethoscope
  3. 3.What does a microscope help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) hear the heartbeat (c) see tiny germs (d) find directions
  4. 4.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) calculator (b) microscope (c) telescope (d) stethoscope
  5. 5.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the electric battery (c) the printing press (d) raised-dot writing
  7. 7.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) penicillin (b) the electric battery (c) raised-dot writing (d) the first aeroplane
  8. 8.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the electric battery (b) penicillin (c) the printing press (d) the smallpox vaccine
  9. 9.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) stethoscope (b) microscope (c) clock (d) telescope
  10. 10.True or false: a clock helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: a telephone helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.What does a printing press help us do? (a) tell the time (b) print many books (c) measure body temperature (d) talk to people far away
  13. 13.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Louis Braille (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alexander Fleming
  15. 15.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) René Laennec (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Alessandro Volta (d) the Wright brothers
  17. 17.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the electric battery (d) the first aeroplane
  18. 18.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: René Laennec gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) microscope (b) telescope (c) stethoscope (d) telephone
  23. 23.True or false: a stethoscope helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) printing press (b) thermometer (c) telephone (d) calculator
  25. 25.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) telescope (b) compass (c) clock (d) thermometer
  27. 27.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alexander Fleming (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alessandro Volta
  28. 28.What does a calculator help us do? (a) tell the time (b) hear the heartbeat (c) print many books (d) do sums quickly
  29. 29.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Louis Braille (d) the Wright brothers
  30. 30.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) X-rays (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the stethoscope (d) penicillin
  31. 31.What does a telephone help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) tell the time (c) talk to people far away (d) print many books
  32. 32.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Edward Jenner (b) René Laennec (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alessandro Volta
  33. 33.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) telephone (b) calculator (c) stethoscope (d) compass
  34. 34.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) penicillin (b) X-rays (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the telephone
  35. 35.True or false: René Laennec gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) microscope (b) thermometer (c) telescope (d) compass
  37. 37.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the printing press (b) the electric battery (c) the telephone (d) X-rays
  38. 38.True or false: René Laennec gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.What does a compass help us do? (a) find directions (b) do sums quickly (c) talk to people far away (d) see faraway stars
  40. 40.What does a clock help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) tell the time (c) hear the heartbeat (d) talk to people far away

Answer key

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

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