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