Women in Science

Quiz
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English
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2nd Grade
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Hard
+15
Standards-aligned
Margaret Anderson
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10 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
Mary Anning was a palaeontologist (a scientist who studies creatures that lived a long time ago). When she was young, she would look for fossils on the beach. She was the first person to uncover fossils of some animals that had never been seen before, including a plesiosaur and a pterodactyl.
What did Mary Anning look for?
birds
stars
shells
fossils
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2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
In 1903, Marie Curie became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize (a special science award). She discovered something called radium, which can be used to treat very sick people. Marie also helped to make X-ray machines stronger and more accurate.
What did Marie Curie win in 1903?
Gold medal
Nobel Prize
OBE
MBE
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3.
FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
In 1903, Marie Curie became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize (a special science award). In 1911, she won another Nobel Prize when she discovered radium. Marie realised that radium could be used to treat people who were very ill. She also helped to make X-ray machines stronger and more accurate.
Find and copy a verb that means the same as ‘found’.
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4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
In 1903, Marie Curie became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize (a special science award). In 1911, she won another Nobel Prize when she discovered radium. Marie realised that radium could be used to treat people who were very ill. She also helped to make X-ray machines stronger and more accurate.
What did Marie Curie help to make?
light
cakes
X-ray machine
plasters
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5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
Katherine Johnson worked for NASA. She helped them to solve difficult maths problems as a ‘human computer’. She used her knowledge of geometry (a type of maths) to plot a route for spacecraft to go around the Moon and return to Earth. Because of Katherine, astronauts landed on the Moon!
Who did Katherine Johnson work for?
NASA
Mars
All Saints'
Smith and Nephew
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CCSS.RI.1.2
CCSS.RI.2.2
CCSS.RI.3.2
CCSS.RL.2.2
CCSS.RL.3.2
6.
FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
Katherine Johnson worked for NASA. She helped them to solve difficult maths problems as a ‘human computer’. She used her knowledge of geometry (a type of maths) to plot a route for spacecraft to go around the Moon and return to Earth. Because of Katherine, astronauts landed on the Moon!
What could people do because of Katherine?
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CCSS.RI.1.2
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7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
Gladys West worked for the navy in America. She used satellites (spacecraft that collect information) to map the shape of the Earth. Gladys used this to develop the first GPS (Global Positioning System). This is a mapping system which is used today in phones, cars and computers.
Where do we use the mapping systems today?
phones, cars and TVs
cars, radios and computers
cars, computers and phones
computers, IPads and bikes
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CCSS.RI.1.2
CCSS.RI.2.2
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