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