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