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Famous Scientists

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the father of genetics?

a)

Gregor Mendel

b)

Charles Darwin

c)

Marie Curie

d)

Nikola Tesla

2.

Who wrote The Origin of Species?

a)

Stephen Hawking

b)

Issac Newton

c)

Aristotle

d)

Charles Darwin

3.

Who discovered the element radium and worked with radioactive material?

a)

Francis Crick

b)

Marie Curie

c)

Louis Pasteur

d)

Alexander Fleming

4.

Who discovered DNA could exist in 2 forms?

a)

Aristotle

b)

Jane Goodall

c)

Rosalind Franklin

d)

Gregor Mendel

5.

Who made groundbreaking discoveries about chimpanzee behavior?

a)

Charles Darwin

b)

Jane Goodall

c)

Marie Curie

d)

Robert Hooke

6.

Who created the naming system we use to organize life on earth?

a)

Aristotle

b)

Stephen Hawking

c)

Hippocrates

d)

Carolus Linnaeus

7.

Who is the father of microbiology?

a)

Robert Hooke

b)

Louis Pasteur

c)

Francis Crick

d)

Rosalind Franklin

8.

Which scientists are known for their work on DNA? (multiple answers)

a)

Rosalind Franklin

b)

Francis Crick

c)

James Watson

d)

Gregor Mendel

9.

Who is considered the father of Western Medicine?

a)

Hippocrates

b)

Aristotle

c)

James Watson

d)

Plato

10.

Who is the creator of penicillin?

a)

Florence Nightingale

b)

Robert Hooke

c)

Alexander Fleming

d)

Louis Pasteur