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Scientific Discoveries

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What did Newton think when the apple fell down?

a)

The apple was delicious.

b)

The Earth is a huge planet.

c)

Why things fall down?

2.
Harry Hess found evidence of sea floor spreading.  Which fact listed below is evidence of sea floor spreading?
a)
the ancient rock on the ocean floor
b)
deep sea trenches
c)
the presence of islands
d)
the movement of Greenland
3.
Who were the most important anceint astonomers (who recorded their observations on clay tablets.)
a)
Egyptians
b)
Mesopotamians
c)
Atlanteans
d)
The Flintstones
4.
Who developed the idea that the planets go around the Earth?
a)
The Romans
b)
The Americans
c)
The English
d)
The Greeks
5.
Who showed that the Greek models didn't work and suggested that the SUN is the center of the solar system?
a)
Copernicus
b)
Kepler
c)
Galileo
d)
Newton
6.
Who first used a telescope to look at the night sky?
a)
Carl Sagan
b)
Edwin Hubble
c)
Galileo Galilae
d)
Bill Nye
7.
Albert Einstein proposed...
a)
a heliocentric model.
b)
classical physics. (and calculus)
c)
that space-time curves. (General relativity)
d)
to his aunt.
8.
What did Karl Jansky discover? (Using radio astronomy)
a)
A pulsar.
b)
An exo-planet (A planet in another solar system.)
c)
A black hole.
d)
A solar flare.
9.

A European movement in the 16th (1500s) Century that encouraged the use of reason and scientific analysis to understand and explain the natural world was called...

a)

The Scientific Revolution

b)

The Thinking Revolution

c)

The Natural Revolution

d)

The Reason Revolution

10.

One of the key discoveries of the Scientific Revolution was Heliocentric Universe, that stated the universe revolves around...

a)

The Sun

b)

The Earth

c)

The Moon

d)

Mars

11.

Prior to the discoveries of the Scientific Revolution, many people considered the Earth to be...

a)

Flat

b)

Round

c)

Box-shaped

d)

2-sided

12.

Which 2 scientists are most famous for winning the Nobel prize for confirming the 3D structure and DNA?

a)

Watson & Crick

b)

Watson & Franklin

c)

Crick & Wilkins

d)

Wilkins & Franklin

13.

This scientist is known for his/her work in crystallography (x-ray diffraction) and how it helped shape the structure of DNA.

a)

Rosalind Franklin

b)

Martha Chase

c)

Alfred Hershey

d)

Oswald Avery

14.

What inventor is known for intended the telephone?

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

Alexander Bell

c)

George Washington Caver

d)

Benjamin Franklin

15.

How have scientific discoveries led to new and improved technology?

a)

By discovering new facts about science, scientists have been required to go to school to learn more information and then build technology.

b)

Scientific discoveries have allowed scientists to freely discuss their ideas and learn from their mistakes.

c)

Scientific discoveries have allowed scientists to develop and improve technology to meet the needs of the discoveries.

d)

All of the above are true.

16.

Which Inventor holds the patient (invented) the electric light bulb?

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

Alexander Bell

c)

George Washington Carver

d)

Benjamin Franklin

17.
"Everything that goes up must come down."
a)
Max Planck
b)
Isaac Newton
c)
Albert Einstein
d)
Justus Liebig
18.
Created the periodic table of elements.
a)
Marie Curie
b)
Niels Bohr
c)
Enrico Fermi
d)
Dmitri Mendeleev
19.
Coined the term radioactivity.
a)
Richard Feynman
b)
Marcello Malpighi
c)
Neils Bohr
d)
Marie Curie
20.
The founder of Genetics.
a)
Gordon Moore
b)
Robert Hooke
c)
Gregor Mendel
d)
Neils Bohr
21.
This scientist sailed around the world looking for connections between various living organisms.  He spent a lot of his time on the Galapagos Islands looking at turtles and finches.
a)
Mendel
b)
Darwin
c)
Avery
d)
Hooke
22.

Which Serbian-American is known for his contributions to the design of the alternating current (AC) electricity supply system?

a)

Nikola Tesla

b)

Michael Faraday

c)

Louis Pasteur

d)

Dmitri Mendeleev

23.

Which English theoretical physicist authored The Theory of Everything, and A Brief History of Time?

a)

Stephen Hawking

b)

Neil deGrasse Tyson

c)

Albert Einstein

d)

Ernest Rutherford

24.
What animals did Jane Goodall spend most of her time studying and observing?
a)
Gorillas
b)
Elephants
c)
Tigers
d)
Chimpanzees
25.

Who is the father of microbiology?

a)

Robert Hooke

b)

Louis Pasteur

c)

Francis Crick

d)

Rosalind Franklin

26.

Who is the creator of penicillin?

a)

Florence Nightingale

b)

Robert Hooke

c)

Alexander Fleming

d)

Louis Pasteur

27.

Which of the following was invented by Henry Ford?

a)
b)
c)
d)
28.

Who invented the first airplane?

a)

Orville and Wilbur Left

b)

Orville and Wilbur Wright

c)

Napoleon Bonaparte

d)

Agapito Flores

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