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Women in Science #2

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This scientist developed frequency hopping spread spectrum which laid the foundation for today's technology such as WIFI.

a)

Grace Hopper

b)

Jane Cooke Wright

c)

Hedy Lamarr

d)

Jane Goodall

2.

Who was the first African American woman in space?

a)

Valentina Tereshkova

b)

Mae Jemison

c)

Annie Easley

d)

Katia Krafft

3.

This volcanologist died doing what she loved, studying active volcanoes.

a)

Katia Krafft

b)

Hedy Lamarr

c)

Jane Cooke Wright

d)

Grace Hopper

4.

All of the following are true about Dorothy Hodgkin except...

a)

She was a biochemist and x-ray crystallographer

b)

She discovered the antibiotic Penicillin

c)

She was awarded the Nobel Prize for her work uncovering structures of Insulin and B12

d)

She discovered radium could treat cancer

5.

Who invented the Laserphaco Probe, which is used to remove cataracts?

a)

Patricia Bath

b)

Annie Easley

c)

Dorothy Hodgkin

d)

Jane Goodall

6.

This primatologist has spent most of her life working with chimpanzees in Africa.

a)

Jane Cooke Wright

b)

Dorothy Hodgkin

c)

Jane Goodall

d)

Grace Hopper

7.

Which woman created chemotherapy techniques to treat patients with cancer?

a)

Valentina Tereshkova

b)

Jane Cooke Wright

c)

Hedy Lamarr

d)

Mae Jemison

8.

This cosmonaut was the first woman in space.

a)

Mae Jemison

b)

Annie Easley

c)

Valentina Tereshkova

d)

Grace Hopper

9.

Who was a rocket scientist and helped program computers for space navigation?

a)

Mae Jemison

b)

Katia Krafft

c)

Annie Easley

d)

Jane Goodall

10.

This computer scientist helped program the Mark I, one of the first electronic computers.

a)

Dorothy Hodgkin

b)

Grace Hopper

c)

Jane Goodall

d)

Patricia Bath