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