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