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Famous Scientists

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Created the periodic table of elements.
a)
Marie Curie
b)
Niels Bohr
c)
Enrico Fermi
d)
Dmitri Mendeleev
2.
Proved that the Earth wasn't the center of the universe.
a)
Nicolaus Copernicus
b)
Aristotle
c)
Archimedes
d)
William Harvey
3.
Coined the term radioactivity.
a)
Richard Feynman
b)
Marcello Malpighi
c)
Neils Bohr
d)
Marie Curie
4.
Inventor of the first practical telephone.
a)
Alexander Graham Bell
b)
Steve Jobs
c)
James Clerk Maxwell
d)
Pierre Curie
5.
The founder of Genetics.
a)
Gordon Moore
b)
Robert Hooke
c)
Gregor Mendel
d)
Neils Bohr
6.
A pioneer of Alternating Current motors.
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
Nikola Tesla
c)
Guglielmo Marconi
d)
Louis Pasteur
7.

Who is the father of microbiology?

a)

Robert Hooke

b)

Louis Pasteur

c)

Francis Crick

d)

Rosalind Franklin

8.

One of my most famous discoveries happened when I was in a bath.

I discovered a way of measuring the volume of an object by putting it in water and seeing how much the water rose.

a)

I am Anders Celsius

b)

I am Mary Anning

c)

I am Thomas Edison

d)

I am Archimedes

9.
What was Galileo's most important invention
a)
Water Pump
b)
Telescope
c)
The Big Wheel
d)
Electricity
10.

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

11.

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

a)

Penicillin

b)

Phlogiston

c)

Aspirin

d)

Amoxicillin

12.

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

13.

What is the name of the ancient philosopher whose work placed the basics of science?

a)

Socrates

b)

Plato

c)

Aristotle

d)

Democritus

14.

He is one of the most famous painters of all time, he painted Mona Lisa. However, he also was an inventor. Who am I talking about?

a)

Pablo Picasso

b)

Vincent van Gogh

c)

Leonardo da Vinci

d)

Josef Lada

15.
The airplane was invented by:
a)
The Wright Brothers
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
Alexander Graham Bell
d)
Mercedes Benz
16.

Who is the first person to receive two Nobel prizes?

a)

Albert Einstein

b)

Sir Alexander Fleming

c)

Mother Theresa

d)

Marie Curie

17.

What is Archimedes' famous expression?

a)

Eureka!

b)

Cogito, ergo sum

c)

Scientia potentia est

d)

Carpe diem!

18.
Was an African American scientist that was born into slavery. He discovered over 300 uses for the peanut plant and over 100 for the sweet potato using laboratory analysis. 
a)
Charles Darwin
b)
Joseph Priestly 
c)
George Washington Carver 
d)
Rosalind Franklin
Rosalind Franklin