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