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