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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 908 · 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 printing press? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) the Wright brothers (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  2. 2.True or false: a printing press helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the printing press (b) raised-dot writing (c) the electric battery (d) the stethoscope
  4. 4.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.What does a telephone help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) measure body temperature (c) print many books (d) talk to people far away
  7. 7.True or false: a telephone helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: a telescope helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the first aeroplane (c) the electric battery (d) the telephone
  10. 10.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Louis Braille (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  11. 11.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Alexander Fleming (c) the Wright brothers (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  12. 12.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) print many books (b) find directions (c) do sums quickly (d) hear the heartbeat
  13. 13.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Edward Jenner
  14. 14.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) telephone (b) printing press (c) compass (d) thermometer
  15. 15.What does a printing press help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) see tiny germs (c) print many books (d) tell the time
  16. 16.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the electric battery (b) raised-dot writing (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the telephone
  17. 17.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the telephone (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the first aeroplane (d) penicillin
  18. 18.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the printing press (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the first aeroplane (d) the telephone
  21. 21.True or false: René Laennec gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) tell the time (b) measure body temperature (c) find directions (d) talk to people far away
  23. 23.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the printing press (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) raised-dot writing (d) the telephone
  24. 24.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) the Wright brothers (c) René Laennec (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  25. 25.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alessandro Volta
  27. 27.True or false: a calculator helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: a telescope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: a telescope helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) stethoscope (b) telephone (c) thermometer (d) compass
  33. 33.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) printing press (b) clock (c) telephone (d) calculator
  34. 34.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the telephone (c) X-rays (d) the first aeroplane
  35. 35.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: Louis Braille gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) the Wright brothers (c) Edward Jenner (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  39. 39.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: a microscope helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Johannes Gutenberg
  2. False
  3. the electric battery
  4. True
  5. False
  6. talk to people far away
  7. False
  8. False
  9. the first aeroplane
  10. Louis Braille
  11. Alexander Fleming
  12. hear the heartbeat
  13. Alexander Graham Bell
  14. telephone
  15. print many books
  16. the telephone
  17. penicillin
  18. True
  19. False
  20. the printing press
  21. False
  22. measure body temperature
  23. the smallpox vaccine
  24. Wilhelm Röntgen
  25. True
  26. Alessandro Volta
  27. False
  28. False
  29. False
  30. False
  31. True
  32. thermometer
  33. calculator
  34. X-rays
  35. False
  36. False
  37. False
  38. Edward Jenner
  39. True
  40. False

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