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