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