Geek Team Challenge 1

Barbara McClintock won a Nobel Prize for her discovery of "_____________" genes, or mobile genetic elements, that she discovered while working with corn kernels.

This scientist discovered the neutron.

• J.J. Thomson

• Antoine Lavoisier

• Lise Meitner

• James Chadwick

Jack Horner discovered that dinosaurs cared for their young and that some nested in colonies. He was the technical consultant for all 4 _________ ____________ movies.

This French scientist created the law of conservation of mass, discovered oxygen's role in combustion and respiration , and named several elements.

• Amedeo Avogadro

• Antoine Lavoisier

• Jane Marcet

• Henry Moseley

This scientist died suddenly at the age of 24. Chaulmoogra injections based on her work became a standard treatment for leprosy until the 1940s.

• Alice Ball

• Elizabeth Blackburn

• Grace Hopper

• Nettie Stevens

Which of the following elements were not discovered by Glenn Seaborg?

• Americium

• Polonium

• Einsteinium

• Nobelium

• Iridium

Which pair of scientists both studied chromosomes?

• Nettie Stevens and Alfred Wegner

• Alfred Wegener and Alfred R. Wallace

• Elizabeth Blackburn and Elizabeth Blackwell

• Nettie Stevens and Elizabeth Blackburn

Robert Bunsen was a German scientist who made many discoveries; including discovering the elements cesium and rubidium, inventing zinc-carbon batteries, and flash photography. He also discovered the antidote to ________ poisoning.

This scientist worked in a lab testing pickles and berries for quality. This individual won a Nobel Prize in 1988 and is most well-known for her development of AZT, used to combat AIDS.

• Marie Daly

• Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

• Grace Hopper

• Gertrude B. Elion

Chien-Shiung Wu was a Chinese American physicist who worked at Columbia University, where she helped develop the process of separating _________ metal into isotopes.