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science- important discoveries and inventions

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How did Alfred Nobel make his fortune with which he funded the Nobel Prize?

a)

He discovered a new medicine

b)

He invented a new type of engine

c)

He discovered dynamite

d)

He built the first car

2.

Which of these is one of Nikola Tesla's inventions?

a)

vacuum cleaner

b)

the Internet

c)

induction motor

d)

electric car

3.

Marie Skłodowska-Curie is the only woman to win the Nobel Prize twice.

a)

true

b)

false

4.

In Einstein's E=mc2, C means:

a)

speed of light

b)

gravity

c)

energy

d)

mass

5.

Who invented the telephone?

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

Alexander Graham Bell

c)

Michael Faradya

d)

Alessandro Volta

6.

Who invented the television?

a)

Nikola Tesla

b)

Thomas Edison

c)

John Logie Baird

d)

Benjamin Franklin

7.

Which oof these instruments makes distant objects appear bigger?

a)

compass

b)

telescope

c)

battery

d)

microscope

8.

Where was writing invented?

a)

in Mesopotamia

b)

in Egypt

c)

in China

9.

Which of these scientists discover how to make electricity?

a)

Faraday

b)

Tesla

c)

Farenheit

d)

Franklin

10.

In which decade did television become widely accessible?

a)

1920s

b)

1940s

c)

1950s

d)

1970s

11.

Who discovered x-ray?

a)

Wilhelm Roentgen

b)

Alexander Fleming

c)

Michael Faraday

d)

Nikola Tesla

12.

Who is known as the father of modern genetics?

a)

Gregor Mendel

b)

Alexander Fleming

c)

Charles Darwin

d)

Francis Crick

13.

When was mobile phone invented?

a)

1990

b)

1986

c)

1973

d)

1965

14.

Who created the first car?

a)

Karl Benz

b)

Henry Ford

c)

Rudolf Diesel