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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 97 · 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 printing press help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) print many books (c) see tiny germs (d) hear the heartbeat
  2. 2.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Edward Jenner (c) the Wright brothers (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  3. 3.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) René Laennec (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  4. 4.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.What does a microscope help us do? (a) print many books (b) hear the heartbeat (c) see tiny germs (d) talk to people far away
  6. 6.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the electric battery (c) the printing press (d) the smallpox vaccine
  7. 7.True or false: a clock helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) clock (b) thermometer (c) telescope (d) stethoscope
  9. 9.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) telephone (b) calculator (c) microscope (d) clock
  10. 10.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Alexander Fleming (d) René Laennec
  11. 11.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alexander Fleming
  12. 12.What does a telescope help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) see faraway stars (c) talk to people far away (d) tell the time
  13. 13.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: a printing press helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.What does a compass help us do? (a) print many books (b) find directions (c) measure body temperature (d) talk to people far away
  17. 17.True or false: René Laennec gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) telescope (b) stethoscope (c) microscope (d) thermometer
  19. 19.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the printing press (b) the stethoscope (c) the first aeroplane (d) the electric battery
  20. 20.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the telephone (c) X-rays (d) the printing press
  21. 21.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the printing press (b) the electric battery (c) the telephone (d) raised-dot writing
  23. 23.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) telephone (b) calculator (c) stethoscope (d) compass
  24. 24.True or false: a calculator helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the first aeroplane (c) penicillin (d) the printing press
  26. 26.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Louis Braille (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  29. 29.What does a telephone help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) see tiny germs (c) talk to people far away (d) measure body temperature
  30. 30.What does a calculator help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) see faraway stars (c) print many books (d) talk to people far away
  31. 31.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.What does a clock help us do? (a) print many books (b) tell the time (c) hear the heartbeat (d) find directions
  33. 33.True or false: a calculator helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) the Wright brothers (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Edward Jenner
  35. 35.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the printing press (b) the telephone (c) the electric battery (d) the stethoscope
  37. 37.True or false: a thermometer helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) René Laennec (b) the Wright brothers (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Louis Braille
  39. 39.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alessandro Volta
  40. 40.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) René Laennec (d) Edward Jenner

Answer key

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

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