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WorksheetsSCIENCE WEEK Thursday Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Discovered the nucleus
a)
Democritus
b)
Robert Millikan
c)
James Chadwick
d)
Ernest Rutherford
2.
Created a model of the double helix structure of DNA and were awarded the Noble Prize for their work.
a)
Maurice Wilkins and Linus Pauling
b)
Joseph Priestly and Henry Cavendish
c)
James Watson and Francis Crick
d)
Rosalind Franklin and Marie Curie
3.
A Russian chemist that arranged the then 63 elements by increasing atomic mass.
a)
Gregor Mendel
b)
Dmitri Mendeleev
4.
Who invented dynamite?
a)
Alfred Nobel
b)
Immanuel Nobel
c)
Max Planck
d)
Aristotle
5.
Best known for his work regarding electricity and magnetism.
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
Michael Faraday
c)
Albert Einstein
d)
Michio Kaku
6.
Who invented the telephone in 1876 and helped with research on hearing and speech?
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
Alexander Graham Bell
c)
Robert Bunsen
d)
Rachel Carson
7.
Enlightenment scientist Edward Jenner was famous for:
a)
writing about the law of gravity
b)
inventing the microscope
c)
creating a vaccine
d)
inventing the thermometer
8.
Which scientist was held under house arrest by the Church for publishing ideas that went against the Church's teachings?
a)
Isaac Newton
b)
Copernicus
c)
Galileo
d)
Voltairte
9.
Laika is famous for
a)
being the first dog to swim the channel
b)
being the first dog on tv
c)
being the first dog on the moon
d)
being the first animal to orbit earth
10.
Schroedinger proposed that electrons have both wave and particle properties using his famous ______ in the box analogy.
a)
dog
b)
cat
c)
frog
d)
horse
11.
Einstein is responsible for the theory of:
a)
gravity
b)
cells
c)
string
d)
relativity
12.
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
13.
The Copernicus Theory stated that
a)
The sun was in the center of the universe.
b)
The Earth was in the center of the universe.
c)
Planets move in elliptical patterns.
d)
Objects in motion stay in motion.
14.
The expansion of the universe was discovered by _____.
a)
Johannes Kepler
b)
Edwin Hubble
c)
Isaac Newton
d)
Robert Wilson
15.
Who developed the first microscope
a)
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
b)
Robert Hooke
c)
Gregor Mendel
d)
Charles Darwin
16.
Who discovered the principles of heredity while studying pea plants?
a)
Charles Darwin
b)
Anton Von Leewenhook
c)
Gregor Mendel
d)
Carolus Linnaeus
17.
Who is credited with determining the structure of DNA?
a)
Mendel
b)
Darwin
c)
Schwann & Schleiden
d)
Watson & Crick
18.
Who invented the 1st airplane?
a)
The Wright brothers
b)
Benjamin Franklin
c)
Thomas Edison
d)
Albert Einstein
19.
Thomas Edison invented the _____ which we still use today.
a)
phonograph
b)
light bulb
c)
bicycle
d)
telephone
20.
What was the first cloned animal?
a)
Dolly the sheep
b)
Daisy the cow
c)
George the guinea pig
d)
Maisie the mouse
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