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