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Science and Inventors

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of these BEST describes how Alexander Graham Bell’s invention impacted the world?

a)

It made long distance travel faster and easier.

b)

It helped mail reach people much more quickly.

c)

It led to the creation of the motion picture industry.

d)

It allowed people to talk to one another over greater distances.

2.

He invented the light bulb, phonograph, and motion picture camera

a)

George Washington Carver

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

Thomas Edison

d)

Rube Goldberg

3.

____________ designed and built the first controlled, powered airplane in Dayton, Ohio.

a)

George Washington Carver

b)

The Wright Brothers

c)

Thomas Edison

d)

Benjamin Franklin

4.

He invented a system which helps blind people read.

a)

Louis Braille

b)

Franklin C. Mars

c)

Rube Goldberg

d)

Milton Hershey

5.

Thomas Edison invented the __________.

a)

bifocals

b)

lightening rod

c)

light bulb

6.

Who developed cures for rabies and anthrax, and made milk safer to drink?

a)

Antoine Lavoisier

b)

Michael Faraday

c)

Dmitri Mendeleev

d)

Louis Pasteur

7.

Who revolutionised modern physics with his general theory of relativity?

a)

Galileo Galilei

b)

Albert Einstein

c)

Stephen Hawking

d)

Niels Bohr

8.

Who revolutionised modern physics with his general theory of relativity?

a)

Galileo Galilei

b)

Albert Einstein

c)

Stephen Hawking

d)

Niels Bohr

9.

Who collected evidence over 20 years and published his conclusions in On the Origin of Species (1859)?

a)

Nikola Tesla

b)

Michael Faraday

c)

Gregor Mendel

d)

Charles Darwin

10.

The Scottish biologist Alexander Fleming discovered the world's first antibiotic substance, ___

a)

Penicillin

b)

Phlogiston

c)

Aspirin

d)

Amoxicillin

11.

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

12.
Who invented the first light bulb?
a)
Aristotle
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
Wright brothers
13.
"Everything that goes up must come down."
a)
Max Planck
b)
Isaac Newton
c)
Albert Einstein
d)
Justus Liebig
14.

Who discovered the vaccine for smallpox?

a)

Marie Curie

b)

Charles Darwin

c)

Edward Jenner

d)

Stephen Hawkings

15.

What is Mary Anning known for?

a)

Being the first woman in space

b)

Her work regarding forces (mainly air resistance)

c)

Her work gaining insight to the Jurassic past

d)

Gaining insight into marine life

16.

Which ship did Charles Darwin sail on to the Galapagos islands?

a)

HMS Beagle

b)

HMS Titanic

c)

HMS Poodle

d)

HMS Victory

17.

Who is this woman, known for her work on radioactivity and treatment for cancer?

a)

Jane Goodall

b)

Rosalind Franklin

c)

Marie Curie

d)

Mary Anning

18.

Inventor of the Web

a)

Ted Nelson

b)

Tim Berners-Lee

c)

Marc Andressen

d)

Ray Tomlinson