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WorksheetsWomen in STEM
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Almost 200 years ago the world's first computer programmer was born. Her name was?
a)
Ada Lovelace
b)
Henrietta Swan Leavitt
c)
Grace Hooper
d)
Dolly Madison
2.
Who was the first prime minister of her country to hold a science degree?
a)
Julia Gillard
b)
Yulia Tymoshenko
c)
Margaret Thatcher
d)
Golda Meir
3.
How did NASA astronaut Sally Ride practice operating her spaceship's robotic arm?
a)
Operatinga fork-lift truck.
b)
Playing video games.
c)
Programming robotic commands.
d)
By playing tennis.
4.
Marie Curie became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize for her work on:
a)
Aeronautic braking systems.
b)
Aeronautic computer components.
c)
Radioactivity.
d)
Biological waste disposal ethics.
5.
In 1948 Hungarian-American scientist Maria Telkes helped design the first solar heated what?
a)
Tram.
b)
Government building.
c)
House.
d)
Restaurant.
6.
Hollywood star Hedy Lamarr did not just set hearts racing on-screen. She also helped invent which wartime device?
a)
Underwater lasers.
b)
Portable defibrillator.
c)
The Jerrycan.
d)
Secret communication systems.
7.
How did Filipino Fe del become the first woman admitted to Harvard Medical School in 1936?
a)
Officials thought she was a man.
b)
9th circuit court required Harvard admit her.
c)
Her parents transferred a large endowment to the school.
d)
She dressed as a man.
8.
Who said, "I think it's very important to get more women into computing. My slogan is: Computing is too important to be left to men,"
a)
Sheryl Sandberg
b)
Karen Sparck Jones
c)
Hillary Rodham Clinton
d)
Marissa Mayer
9.
In the 1960s, chemist Stephanie Kwolek discovered what material that was five times stronger than steel?
a)
Kevlar
b)
Teflon
c)
Carbon fiber
d)
Graphene
10.
What is the "leaky pipe" phenomenon?
a)
Women who pursue careers outside of STEM.
b)
Term for most in demand STEM professionals.
c)
The discrimination and challenges causing women to stop pursuing STEM professions.
d)
Legal boundaries in foreign nations women must overcome to obtain an education.
11.
What percent of the American workforce is composed of females?
a)
37%
b)
45%
c)
48%
d)
29%
12.
What percent of women in the workforce hold STEM positions?
a)
33%
b)
24%
c)
50%
d)
48%
13.
What is a stereotype threat?
a)
A made up thing.
b)
When people think they're being stereotyped, their performance decreases.
c)
Altering stereotypes to make them more extreme.
d)
A form of microagression.
14.
How should gender essentialism be defined?
a)
The belief that success is only created by one's own self.
b)
Outdated term used to describe gender differences in academic performance.
c)
Helping people value diversity to allow for greater achievement of all.
d)
The idea that women and men are innately and fundamentally different in interests and skills.
15.
What is a "community effect"?
a)
When corporations make donations to educational institutions.
b)
The prejudice present in a neighborhood.
c)
The effect of a field's current demographic on the interest levels of those potentially pursuing the field.
d)
A term describing companies recruiting women that was used in the Department of Labor's 2010 annual report.
16.
What is the gender pay gap (per dollar) in STEM fields versus non-STEM fields?
a)
33¢; 8¢
b)
23¢; 8¢
c)
10¢; 5¢
d)
20¢; 33¢
17.
One example of how society drives women away from STEM careers beginning in childhood:
a)
Participation in extracurricular activities.
b)
It is a conspiracy, society does not inhibit women from entering STEM fields.
c)
Separating toys into a boy's section and a girl's section.
d)
Volunteering in the community.
18.
True or False? In intermediate levels of formal schooling girls perform better than boys in all sciences, other than Physics (which is virtually tied).
a)
True
b)
I don't know.
c)
I had a bad dream that Kevin shaved his beard.
d)
True
19.
Why is psychology, sociology, anthropology, etc. considered a "soft" science?
a)
Because they are less quantifiable.
b)
The government has not yet confirmed them.
c)
Discrimination, as women have a greater presence in these fields.
d)
Because the economic return from these fields is unknown.
20.
What is the most common way some men reject the existence of gender discrimination in the STEM professions?
a)
Proclaim the empirical evidence proving such discrimination is not conniving, correct, or valid.
b)
By hiring every female applicant regardless of qualifications.
c)
By donating tuition money to a female STEM major.
d)
By quitting their jobs to ignore the problems in their fields.
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