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Ronald McNair

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of physics did Ronald McNair focus in ?

a)

classical mechanics

b)

Electromagnetism and photonics

c)

Cosmology

d)

Relativistic mechanics

2.

Did McNair grow up having running eletricity and water ?

a)

Yes

b)

No

3.

What did McNair lose towards the end of his doctoral program?

a)

A family member

b)

one of his inventions

c)

data for his doctoral thesis, an study of two years that focused on laser physics research.

d)

his job

4.

Where did McNair receive his doctorate degree ?

a)

University of Michigan

b)

the university of North Carolina A&T state

c)

University of Washington

d)

Stanford University

5.

Where did McNair become a physicist ?

a)

New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory

b)

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

c)

Bell Labs

d)

Hughes Research Laboratories

6.

What did McNair create/invent ?

a)

light bulb

b)

chemical lasers

c)

electricity

7.

What excites molecules in gas in his chemical laser invention?

a)

chemical reactions

b)

hydrogen fluoride

c)

deuterium fluoride

d)

Chlorine

8.

Was he an astronaut candidate ?

a)

No

b)

Yes

9.

what did McNair die in?

a)

car

b)

rocket ship

c)

coma

10.

Where was he born?

a)

Lake City, SC

b)

Cape Canaveral, FL