WorksheetsThe Great Scientists Quiz #1
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A theoretical physicist who developed the general theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics.
a)
Albert Einstein
b)
Charles Darwin
c)
David Suzuki
d)
Ernest Rutherford
2.
An astronomer who discovered several comets (one of which is named after this person) and helped discover two moons of Saturn.
a)
Caroline Herschel
b)
Galileo
c)
Isaac Newton
d)
Marie Curie
3.
Best known for his work regarding electricity and magnetism.
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
Michael Faraday
c)
Albert Einstein
d)
Michio Kaku
4.
Her x-ray photographs of DNA revealed its structure – a discovery for which James Watson and Francis Crick won the Nobel Prize.
a)
Rachel Carson
b)
Marie Curie
c)
Jane Goodall
d)
Rosalind Franklin
5.
Formulated the laws of motion, made major contributions to optics and partly invented calculus. One of the most influential scientists of all time.
a)
Isaac Newton
b)
Joseph Lister
c)
Copernicus
d)
Louis Pasteur
6.
Made extensive discoveries in the field of genetics and won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1983.
a)
Barbara McClintock
b)
Lise Meitner
c)
Gregor Mendel
d)
Edwin Hubble
7.
The inventor of dynamite.
a)
Alfred Nobel
b)
Charles Darwin
c)
Max Planck
d)
Aristotle
8.
Well known for his work in medicine, mathematical sciences, and he dealt with a number of problems related to astronomy and cosmology.
a)
Avicenna
b)
Ibn Al-Aytham
c)
Al-Zahrawi
d)
Plato
9.
A global climate change and environmental activist.
a)
David Suzuki
b)
Jane Goodall
c)
Mary Anning
d)
Rachel Carson
10.
Discovered that diseases are caused by “germs” (bacteria, viruses etc…) and discovered the principle of vaccination.
a)
Louis Pasteur
b)
Alexander Fleming
c)
William Harvey
d)
Robert Hooke
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