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- 1. Multiple Choice
Wrote the book Silent Spring
Barnum Brown
William Beebe
Rachel Carson
- 2. Multiple Choice
counted migrating birds
Barnum Brown
William Beebe
Rachel Carson
- 3. Multiple Choice
studied the effects of pesticides/chemicals on plants, animals, humans
Barnum Brown
William Beebe
Rachel Carson
- 4. Multiple ChoiceHe devised the 3 laws of motion and the Universal Law of Gravitation.Frances BaconCharles DarwinIsaac NewtonJames Watson
- 5. Multiple Choicea naturalist what observed changes in organisms on a small chain of islands called the Galapagos during a voyage on a British naval ship. His observations led to the theory of natural selection and evolution which says that life developed gradually, over millions of years, on Earth.Charles DarwinJoseph PriestlyJames WatsonFrances Bacon
- 6. Multiple ChoiceUsed Photograph 51 to build a model of the double helix structure of DNA and were awarded the Noble Prize for their work.Charles DarwinJoseph PriestlyJames Watson and Francis CrickRosalind Franklin
Rosalind Franklin - 7. Multiple ChoiceWas an African American scientist that was born into slavery. He discovered over 300 uses for the peanut plant and over 100 for the sweet potato using laboratory analysis.Charles DarwinJoseph PriestlyGeorge Washington CarverRosalind Franklin
Rosalind Franklin - 8. Multiple ChoiceA Russian chemist that arranged the then 63 elements by increasing atomic mass. He recognized certain elements have the same properties and also predicted the properties of missing elements that had not yet been discovered.Charles DarwinJoseph PriestlyGeorge Washington CarverDmitri Mendeleev
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWho wrote the three laws of motion?CopernicusNewtonPtolemyHubble
- 10. Multiple ChoiceThis scientist discovered that the Universe is expandingNewtonPtolemyGalileoHubble
- 11. Multiple Choice____ was an American astronomer with a large space telescope named after him.HubblePtolemyNewtonGalileo
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWho created the first telescope and is known as the "Father of Modern Astronomy?"Neil ArmstrongWilbur WrightGalileoRobert Fulton
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWho studied a radioactive substance called radium?Madame Marie CurieCharles DarwinThomas EdisonAlbert Einstein
- 14. Multiple ChoiceAt 21, I was given 2 years to live. But I am still alive. 'A Brief History of Time'Stephen HawkingStephen KingCarl SaganRichard Dawkins
- 15. Multiple ChoiceLouis Pasteur...developed the first safe and effective polio vaccinedeveloped the ABO blood systemdeveloped pasteurizationdeveloped DNA
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhich star scientist is best known for studying black holes?Edna DeVoreNeil deGrasse TysonStephen HawkingMae Jemison
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWho believed that all matter is made up of small particles called atoms?DaltonRutherfordBohrChadwick
- 18. Multiple ChoiceLouis Pasteur...developed the first safe and effective polio vaccinedeveloped the ABO blood systemdeveloped pasteurizationdeveloped DNA
- 19. Multiple ChoiceAlexander Flemming...is best known for his x-ray diffraction studies of DNADeveloped the first safe and effective vaccine for Poliowas a Scottish bacteriologist and physician who discovered penicillin in 1928is best known for his x-ray diffraction studies of DNA
- 20. Multiple ChoiceFrancis Crick...was a Scottish bacteriologist and physician who discovered penicillin in 1928developed the first safe and effective vaccine for poliois one of the founders of bacteriology; discovered the bacteria responsibleis best known for his crucial role in the discovery of the molecular structure of DNA
- 21. Multiple ChoiceJames Watson...is best known for his discovery of the major human blood types and the development of the ABO blood systemis best known for his crucial role in the discovery of the molecular structure of DNA, and helped direct the Human Genome Projectwas an english surgeon and the founder of antiseptic medicineis best known as the first to describe the anatomy of an organ system
- 22. Multiple Choice
This scientist is renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccinations. He is also known for an experiment where he demonstrated that in sterilized and sealed flasks nothing ever developed, and in sterilized but open flasks microorganisms could grow.KochPasteurChargaffDarwin - 23. Multiple ChoiceThis scientist sailed around the world looking for connections between various living organisms. He spent a lot of his time on the Galapagos Islands looking at turtles and finches.MendelDarwinAveryHooke
- 24. Multiple Choice
Who created one of the first modern telescopes, and successfully proved the Earth revolves around the Sun?
Ernest Rutherford
Galileo Galilei
James Clerk Maxwell
Gregor Mendel
- 25. Multiple Choice
Which Polish scientist conducted pioneering research on radioactivity, and won Nobel Prizes in two different sciences?
Marie Curie
Otto Hahn
Lise Meitner
Rosalind Franklin
- 26. Multiple Choice
Who revolutionised modern physics with his general theory of relativity?
Galileo Galilei
Albert Einstein
Stephen Hawking
Niels Bohr
- 27. Multiple Choice
Which Scottish scientist formulated the classical theory of electromagnetic radiation?
James Prescott Joule
James Watson
James Watt
James Clerk Maxwell
- 28. Multiple Choice
The Scottish biologist Alexander Fleming discovered the world's first antibiotic substance, ___
Penicillin
Phlogiston
Aspirin
Amoxicillin
- 29. Multiple Choice
Which Russian chemist is commonly considered to be the developer of the modern Periodic Table of the Elements?
Nikolay Basov
Pavel Cherenkov
Antoine Lavoisier
Dmitri Mendeleev
- 30. Multiple Choice
Which French nobleman is widely considered the "father of modern chemistry"?
Blaise Pascal
Dmitri Mendeleev
Antoine Lavoisier
Louis Pasteur
- 31. Multiple ChoiceWhich scientist developed the atomic theory?JJ ThomsonErnest RutherfordJohn DaltonJames Chadwick
- 32. Multiple ChoiceThis person helped design the first atomic bomb that was ultimately used during WWII.Ray KrocSteve JobsCharles DrewJ. Robert Oppenheimer
- 33. Multiple ChoiceWhat did Jonas Salk do?He traded Pokemon cards.He developed a new type of vaccine.He worked in a hospital.He created some new medicine that people swallowed.
- 34. Multiple ChoiceWhat did Dr. Salk's vaccine do?raised money for the warkilled the polio virus using a person's immune systemhelped people move from citiescaused trains to stop
- 35. Multiple Choice________ found out that mass is conserved during a chemical reaction and formed the Law of Conservation of Matter.BohrLavoisierChadwickChurchhill
- 36. Multiple ChoiceThe first woman in Germany to hold the title of professor was ______________.Mileva EinsteinMarie Anne LavoisierEmilie du ChateletLise Meitner
- 37. Multiple Choice"Energy is quantized."PlanckHeisenbergde BroglieSchrodinger
- 38. Multiple Choice
Who Proposed that electrons can jump between energy levels?
Planck
Bohr
DeBrogile
Milliken
- 39. Multiple ChoiceWho is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift?Harry HessGalileoAlfred WegenerNewton
- 40. Multiple ChoiceCharles Babbage designed the Difference Engine and the Analytical Engine. What were these?Mechanical ComputersThermometersArtillery piecesRulers
- 41. Multiple ChoiceWho invented the first calculating machine that could be called a computer?Charles BabbageBlaise PascalJohn NapierBill Gates
- 42. Multiple ChoiceWho is the Father of Computers?Charles BabbageJohn NapierBlaise PascalBill Gates
- 43. Multiple Choice
Who is known as the person who developed nylon?
Pauling
Ehrlich
Carothers
Oppenheimer
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