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Famous Irish Scientists Quiz

Authored by JADON Evans

Mathematics

7th Grade

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Famous Irish Scientists Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which Irish scientist is known for creating a scale to measure wind force, now commonly used in meteorology?

JD Bernal

Francis Beaufort

Robert Boyle

John Tyndall

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who is credited with the discovery of pulsars, a type of neutron star, in 1967?

Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell

Denis Parsons Burkitt

George Francis Fitzgerald

William Thompson (Lord Kelvin)

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which scientist is known for his work on the theory of elasticity and the development of the Kelvin scale of temperature?

John Joly

William Thompson (Lord Kelvin)

John Tyndall

Francis Beaufort

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Robert Boyle is best known for his work in which field of science?

Biology

Chemistry

Physics

Astronomy

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the name of the law that describes the relationship between the pressure and volume of a gas at constant temperature, formulated by Robert Boyle?

Bernal's Law

Boyle's Law

Kelvin's Law

Tyndall's Law

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which scientist is known for his pioneering work in X-ray crystallography, which helped in understanding the structure of complex molecules?

JD Bernal

John Joly

George Francis Fitzgerald

Denis Parsons Burkitt

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who proposed the concept of the Fitzgerald contraction, which is a precursor to the theory of relativity?

John Tyndall

George Francis Fitzgerald

Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell

Robert Boyle

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