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