Famous Americans

Which famous American scientist is known for his work on electricity and invented the lightning rod?

• Thomas Edison

• Benjamin Franklin

• Nikola Tesla

• Albert Einstein

Who was the first American woman to travel into space?

• Sally Ride

• Mae Jemison

• Valentina Tereshkova

• Eileen Collins

Which American scientist is credited with the discovery of the polio vaccine?

• Jonas Salk

• Louis Pasteur

• Alexander Fleming

• Edward Jenner

What is the name of the American physicist who developed the theory of relativity?

• Albert Einstein

• Richard Feynman

• Robert Oppenheimer

• Niels Bohr

Which American astronomer is known for discovering the expansion of the universe?

• Edwin Hubble

• Carl Sagan

• Neil deGrasse Tyson

• Galileo Galilei

Who is the American scientist famous for his laws of motion and universal gravitation?

• Isaac Newton

• Albert Einstein

• Galileo Galilei

• None of the above

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Which American biologist is known for her work on the structure of DNA?

• Rosalind Franklin

• Barbara McClintock

• Rachel Carson

• Lynn Margulis

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Who was the American inventor known for the phonograph and the electric light bulb?

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Thomas Edison

• Nikola Tesla

• George Westinghouse

Which American scientist is known for his work on the Manhattan Project and is often called the 'father of the atomic bomb'?

• Albert Einstein

• Robert Oppenheimer

• Enrico Fermi

• Richard Feynman

Who was the American environmentalist and author of 'Silent Spring', which advanced the global environmental movement?

• Rachel Carson

• Jane Goodall

• Aldo Leopold

• John Muir

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