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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 906 · 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) measure body temperature (b) hear the heartbeat (c) see faraway stars (d) talk to people far away
  2. 2.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) penicillin (b) the stethoscope (c) the printing press (d) X-rays
  3. 3.True or false: a calculator helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: a calculator helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the printing press (c) penicillin (d) the smallpox vaccine
  6. 6.What does a telephone help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) see faraway stars (c) do sums quickly (d) see tiny germs
  7. 7.True or false: Louis Braille gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) compass (b) microscope (c) printing press (d) clock
  10. 10.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: a clock helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) compass (b) stethoscope (c) printing press (d) clock
  14. 14.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) microscope (b) printing press (c) telescope (d) calculator
  15. 15.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) stethoscope (b) clock (c) thermometer (d) telephone
  16. 16.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) the Wright brothers (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  17. 17.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) raised-dot writing (c) the first aeroplane (d) the electric battery
  18. 18.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Edward Jenner
  20. 20.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Edward Jenner (d) René Laennec
  21. 21.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Louis Braille (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) René Laennec (d) Alexander Fleming
  22. 22.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) compass (b) telephone (c) thermometer (d) telescope
  23. 23.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) tell the time (b) see tiny germs (c) measure body temperature (d) hear the heartbeat
  25. 25.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) René Laennec (b) Louis Braille (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  27. 27.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  28. 28.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) René Laennec (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Louis Braille
  29. 29.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) compass (b) microscope (c) printing press (d) stethoscope
  31. 31.What does a clock help us do? (a) tell the time (b) measure body temperature (c) see tiny germs (d) see faraway stars
  32. 32.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Louis Braille (c) René Laennec (d) the Wright brothers
  36. 36.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the telephone (b) penicillin (c) the stethoscope (d) the first aeroplane
  38. 38.What does a microscope help us do? (a) find directions (b) measure body temperature (c) see faraway stars (d) see tiny germs
  39. 39.True or false: a microscope helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: a compass helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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