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