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