Einstein's Big Idea Movie Quiz

Discovered light is an electromagnetic wave.

• Albert Einstein

• Isaac Newton

• Michael Farraday

• Lisa Meitner

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Discovered energy and mass are the same thing.

• Albert Einstein

• Isaac Newton

• Michael Farraday

• Lisa Meitner

Was the first to split a uranium atom and understand what was occuring.

• Albert Einstein

• Isaac Newton

• Michael Farraday

• Lisa Meitner

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Where was Antoine Lavoisier from?

• England

• Germany

• France

• Italy

________ found out that mass is conserved during a chemical reaction and formed the Law of Conservation of Matter. 

• Bohr
• Lavoisier
• Chadwick
• Churchhill

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Why didn't Lise Meitner receive the Nobel Prize for her contribution to the discovery of nuclear fission?

• She passed away

• She didn't believe she deserved it

• Possibly a few reasons: A gender bias is plausible and she couldn't go to Germany as she was Jewish and the Nazi's were in power

• She disliked Otto Hahn, the man who helped her with the discovery, and didn't want to see him

Sir Humphry Davy's biggest discovery was

• use safety goggles.

• nuclear fusion.

• Michael Faraday.

• do not overuse laughing gas.

Discovered that then energy in an object is equal to its mass multiplied by its velocity, squared.

• Farraday

• Meitner

• du Chatelier

• Einstein

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Which scientist from the movie raised himself from poverty to become one of the greatest physical scientists in history.

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Of the scientists presented in the movie, whom to you admire most? What did they discover and what character traits do you think are exemplary?

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