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Discoveries & Inventions

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

highly unusual; one of a kind

a)

unique

b)

distinctive

c)

common

2.

creating new ideas and methods

a)

pioneering

b)

ancient

c)

usual

3.

having to do with living things and their environment 

a)

environment

b)

suatainable

c)

printing press

4.

There are fewer ____ employment for young people because of the financial crisis. 

a)

opportunities

b)

invents

c)

crops

5.

Researchers raise ____ from individuals and businesses in order to pay for their projects.

a)

funds

b)

light bulbs

c)

opportunities

6.

f you want to find out the person who _____ the microwave oven, look it up on the Internet. 

a)

invent

b)

pioneer

c)

fund

7.

Extreme climate changes can damage ____ , which reduces food supplies. 

a)

crops

b)

sustainable

c)

invents

8.

A synonym for distinctive is ____.

a)

unique

b)

different

c)

same

9.

Recycling is an ____ practice people can do at home

a)

ecological

b)

opportunity

c)

pioneering

10.

_____ entrepreneurs invent amazing new products every year.

a)

Pioneering

b)

Sustainable

c)

Old

11.

Computers ____ information across the globe in seconds.

a)

transmit

b)

invent

c)

distinctive

12.

The company uses only ____ resources, such as fast-growing trees and recycled cardboard, to make its paper products.

a)

sustainable

b)

distinctive

c)

new

13.

Do you know who ____ the telephone?

a)

invent

b)

send

c)

use

14.

New methods of growing ____ produce more food with less farmland.

a)

crops

b)

inventions

c)

pioneers

15.

The invention of ____ allowed people to see more at night.

a)

light bulb

b)

internet

c)

telephone