Minorities in Astronomy
Authored by Angela Barnes
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11th Grade - University
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
I am an Arab astronomer and mathematician, born in 858 CE, who was the first to determine a solar year was 365 days, 5 hours, 46 minutes and 24 seconds long.
I was only off by 2 minutes and 22 seconds!
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
I am an Indian astrophysicist, born in 1893, who is known for developing an ionization equation that describes the chemical and physical conditions inside stars.
I was repeatedly and unsuccessfully nominated for the Nobel Prize in physics!
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
I am an American engineer, physician, and NASA astronaut born in 1956, who was the first African-American woman to travel in space aboard the space shuttle Endeavor in 1992.
I am a dancer and hold nine honorary doctorates in science, engineering, letters, and the humanities!
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
I am an American engineer and NASA astronaut, born in 1958, who was the first Hispanic woman to go to space aboard the Shuttle Discovery in 1993.
I am the current Director of the Johnson Space Center!
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
I am an American physicist and NASA astronaut, born in 1951, who was the first American woman, and third woman overall, to go to space aboard the Shuttle Challenger in 1983.
I served on the committees that investigated the Challenger and Columbia space shuttle disasters, the only person to participate in both!
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
I am an American engineer and NASA astronaut, born in 1949, who was the second female astronaut, and the first Jewish American to go to space.
I died at age 36 aboard the space shuttle Challenger when it was destroyed during its launch on January 28th, 1986!
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
I am a Jewish-American theoretical physicist, born in 1918, who developed widely used pictorial representation schemes for the mathematical expressions governing subatomic particles.
I assisted with the development of the first atomic bomb and was on the Rogers Commission that investigated the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster!
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