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