Inventors and Scientists Quiz

What is an inventor?

• a person who is the first to think of something

• a thing that is created

• to make or create something new

• a group of builders

What is an invention?

• something that is created for the first time

• a person who creates something new

• to make or create something

• a improve something or make it better

Who invented different products using peanuts?

• Thomas Edison

• Alexander Graham Bell

• George Washington Carver

• Henry Ford

Who created the Polio vaccine?

• Alexander Flemming

• Jonas Stalk

• Cyrus McCormick

• Bill Gates

Who did polio effect the most?

• women

• men

• kids

• the elderly

What did Cyrus McCormick develop?

• a comet

• a wheat fertilizer

• a tractor

• the mechanical reaper

What rare sight did Maria Mitchell see when She was 12?

• A Comet

• A shooting Star

• Solar Eclipse

• Venus

What activity did Maria Mitchell and her father do while she worked as the town's librarian?

• Put on puppet shows for kids in the library. 

• Look for and read new books to buy for the library. 

• Watched for whales since it was a whaling community. 

• observed the planets and stars. 

Who created Microsoft and Xbox?

• Bill Gates

• Cyrus McCormick

• Maria Mitchell

• Jonas Salk

Who invented the mechanical reaper?

• Bill Gates

• Cyrus McCormick

• Maria Mitchell

• Jonas Salk