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