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