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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 934 · 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 telephone help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) find directions (c) hear the heartbeat (d) tell the time
  2. 2.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the telephone (b) X-rays (c) the stethoscope (d) the electric battery
  3. 3.What does a microscope help us do? (a) print many books (b) see tiny germs (c) talk to people far away (d) do sums quickly
  4. 4.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the electric battery (b) X-rays (c) raised-dot writing (d) the smallpox vaccine
  5. 5.True or false: a calculator helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) see faraway stars (c) measure body temperature (d) do sums quickly
  8. 8.True or false: a telescope helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) calculator (b) microscope (c) compass (d) telescope
  11. 11.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alessandro Volta
  12. 12.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) telescope (b) calculator (c) microscope (d) stethoscope
  14. 14.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) raised-dot writing (c) X-rays (d) the stethoscope
  16. 16.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) penicillin (b) the printing press (c) the first aeroplane (d) the telephone
  17. 17.True or false: a stethoscope helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Louis Braille (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Edward Jenner (d) the Wright brothers
  19. 19.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) telephone (b) telescope (c) calculator (d) clock
  20. 20.True or false: a calculator helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) find directions (c) print many books (d) measure body temperature
  22. 22.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Louis Braille (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Alexander Fleming
  23. 23.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) printing press (b) calculator (c) telephone (d) clock
  24. 24.True or false: René Laennec gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) René Laennec (d) the Wright brothers
  26. 26.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Louis Braille (c) Edward Jenner (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  27. 27.True or false: a stethoscope helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Louis Braille
  29. 29.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) thermometer (b) telescope (c) compass (d) stethoscope
  30. 30.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) René Laennec (b) the Wright brothers (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Louis Braille
  31. 31.What does a calculator help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) hear the heartbeat (c) talk to people far away (d) do sums quickly
  32. 32.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) X-rays (b) the telephone (c) the printing press (d) the first aeroplane
  33. 33.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) X-rays (c) the printing press (d) the telephone
  34. 34.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) penicillin (c) the telephone (d) the printing press
  36. 36.True or false: a thermometer helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.What does a telescope help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) see faraway stars (c) measure body temperature (d) find directions
  38. 38.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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