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A Brief History of Science

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A popular science during the time of the Roman Empire – they wanted to change metals into gold or other precious metals

a)

Chemistry

b)

Alchemy

c)

Metallurgy

d)

Physical Science

2.

This scientist studied air and fluids – he established a “Law” that is used in hydraulics.

a)

Newton

b)

Leucippus

c)

Pascal

d)

Boyle

3.

An English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, theologian, and author (known as the greatest scientist of all time) - was a Christian who studied Science to learn more about GOD.

a)

Newton

b)

Aristotle

c)

Einstein

d)

Mendel

4.

This scientist is known as the Father of Chemistry.

a)

Copernicus

b)

Pascal

c)

Newton

d)

Boyle

5.

This scientist developed the first microscope.

a)

Democritus

b)

Leeuwenhoek

c)

Newton

d)

Aristotle

6.

This scientist authored “The Origin of Species” and the theory of evolution.

a)

Kepler

b)

Lydell

c)

Newton

d)

Darwin

7.

This scientist is known for his work in Genetics (study of reproduction).

a)

Mendel

b)

Boyle

c)

Bohr

d)

Faraday

8.

This scientist developed the “Special Theory of Relativity” (E=MC2 – matter and energy are interchangeable)

a)

Boyle

b)

Newton

c)

Einstein

d)

Pascal

9.

This scientist developed the first picture of an atom.

a)

Bohr

b)

Newton

c)

Boyle

d)

Democritus

10.

Ancient Greek scientist that studied the origin of life – he thought people were fish who came out of the sea.

a)

Grosseteste

b)

Copernicus

c)

Anaximander

d)

Nicholas of Cusa

11.

Known as the "Father of Life Sciences" - also believed in spontaneous generation.

a)

Democritus

b)

Aristotle

c)

Copernicus

d)

Imhotep

12.

Ancient Greek scientist who proposed all matter was really made of little units called "atoms". (Laughing philosopher)

a)

Leucippus

b)

Aristotle

c)

Copernicus

d)

Democritus

13.

The "Father of the Scientific Method".

a)

Newton

b)

Leucippus

c)

Grosseteste

d)

Aristotle

14.

An Egyptian priest known as a poet, physician, mathematician, astronomer, and architect who practiced some form of medical practices around 2650 B.C.

a)

Pharaoh II

b)

Imhotep

c)

Thales

d)

Ptolemy

15.

This scientist followed Anaximenes studies and proposed the idea of atoms – known as the “father of atomic theory”.

a)

Leucippus

b)

Anaximander

c)

Copernicus

d)

Democritus

16.

This scientist discredited Ptolemy’s idea about the universe by proposing that the sun not the earth is at the center of our solar system.

a)

Leucippus

b)

Nicholas of Cusa

c)

Aristotle

d)

Grosseteste

17.

This scientist thought the earth was the center of the universe and the planets and stars orbited about the earth in a series of circles. Also called the Ptolemaic system or geocentric system and does not move.

a)

Anaximander

b)

Archimedes

c)

Aristotle

d)

Ptolemy

18.

During the Industrial Revolution Immanuel Kant used this term to describe the change in Science.

a)

New Age

b)

Enlightenment

c)

Evolution

d)

Physical Awareness

19.

This scientist established the “Heliocentric System”.

a)

Aristotle

b)

Democritus

c)

Copernicus

d)

Leucippus

20.

A belief that all known planets were in a fixed place in the heavens and the heavens rotated around the earth.

a)

Geocentric system

b)

Heliocentric System

c)

Solar system

d)

Astronomical alignment

21.

A Greek mathematician and mechanical engineer– showed how math and science are related – best known for formulating the “law of buoyancy” - (discovered it while taking a bath – ran naked)

a)

Democritus

b)

Archimedes

c)

Leucippus

d)

Thales

22.

An anatomist and physician who in 1543 published his work on the human body with accurate illustrations – first book showing the insides of the human body.

a)

Vesalius

b)

Kepler

c)

Galileo

d)

Aristotle

23.

An English chemist, physicist, and meteorologist who worked with gases – considered the father of Atomic Theory – some of his ideas were wrong but most of them were correct.

a)

Kant

b)

Boyle

c)

Linnaeus

d)

Dalton

24.

A French biologist, microbiologist and chemist who disproved the idea of spontaneous generation (living organisms created from nonliving matter) – worked with bacteria to develop “pasteurization” and vaccines.

a)

Lamarck

b)

Pasteur

c)

Laurent

d)

Robinet