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