Black History Month: Science Edition

Black History Month: Science Edition

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Why do we celebrate Black History Month in February?

• To honor MLK and Rosa Parks

• In recognition of Fredrick Douglas and Abraham Lincoln's birthday

• The 13th Amendment was signed in February

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Why do we celebrate Black History Month?

• To learn national monuments

• To learn about the voyages African American explorers around the world

• To recognize the achievements by African Americans, their central role in U.S. history and society

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Black History Month is celebrated in which of the following countries?

• United States, Canada, The United Kingdom, and the Netherlands

• Australia, Japan, Mexico and Greece

• Italy, Germany, Poland and Russia

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Who was Black History Month was founded by?

• Educators at Kent State

• Barack Obama

• Aretha Franklin

• Kizzmekia Corbet

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Charles Drew invented the?

• Pace maker

• Blood Bank

• First video game

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What are the 4 main types of blood?

• O,Z,D,F

• B,BB,BD, A

• A,B,AB, O

• AB,D,O, DF

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Who was the first African American woman in space?

• Harriet Tubman

• Rosa Parks

• Mae Jameson

• Maya Angelou

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Who helped to create the first IBM computer and pace maker?

• Jerry Lawson

• Otis Boykin

• Neil Degrasse Tyson

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Kizzmekia Corbet helped to create ?

• One of the mRNA COVID vaccines

• The first space shuttle

• The first IMB computer

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Jerry Lawson was a

• Doctor

• Architect

• Electrical engineer

• Writer

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Jerry Lawson created the?

• Laser Phaco Probe

• The Traffic Light

• The Pace Maker

• The first gaming console

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Fredrick Douglas helped

• to make new inventions

• to help end segregation

• people to understand that slavery was wrong

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An abolitionist was a person who

• wanted to abolish or end slavery

• helped everyone understand what science is

• wanted to change the constitution

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George Washington Carver helped farmers to

• plant better crops, improve the quality of their soil and sell crops

• learn what time of year they should plant and harvest their crops

• get rid of insects

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Neil deGrasse Tyson is a

• mathematician

• astrophysicist

• neuroscientist

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Benjamin Banneker created America's first

• car

• refrigerator

• functional clock

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Patricia Bath was an ophthalmologist, a doctor who

• specializes in the heart

• treats eye diseases and corrects vision problems

• treats skin conditions

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Dr. Bath was the first African American female doctor to

• find a cure for macular degeneration

• to receive a patent for a medical invention

• create a antibiotic

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Garrett Morgan was an inventor that created

• soap dispenser

• the microwave

• the traffic signal

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Abraham Lincoln signed the ______ amendment ending slavery.

• 13th

• 16th

• 2nd

• 5th

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Fredrick Douglas's birthday is on

• February 14th

• April 5th

• February 1st

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When is Abraham Lincoln's birthday?

• March 11th

• February 12th

• February 20th

• January 5th