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Women's History Month: Science and Technology

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is known as the first computer programmer?

a)

Wang Zhenyi

b)

Joan Beauchamp Procter

c)

Lillian Gilbreth

d)

Ada Lovelace

2.

All of the following are true about Marie Curie except...

a)

She was awarded the Nobel Prize for her discovery of radiation

b)

She was awarded the Nobel Prize for her discovery of polonium and radium

c)

She was a physicist and a chemist

d)

She didn't discover the treatment for cancer

3.

This paleontologist proved the extinction of dinosaurs by finding their remains.

a)

Marie Curie

b)

Alice Ball

c)

Lillian Gilbreth

d)

Mary Anning

4.

Jane Goodall is a famous primatologist who discovered that it is not just humans who use tools. What animal did she study in Africa?

a)

Organutangs

b)

Chimpanzees

c)

Gorillas

d)

Lions

5.

Who was the first woman in space?

a)

Linda Buck

b)

Shirley Ann Jackson

c)

Sally Ride

d)

Emily Roeblin

6.

Mary Leakey is credited with discovering many 'missing links' in the fossil record. What field is she credited with changing significantly thanks to her discoveries?

a)

Atomic theory

b)

Human evolution

c)

Quantum mechanics

d)

Physics

7.

Rosalind Franklin was unrecognized for her extremely important contribution to the discovery of the shape of what molecule?

a)

glucose

b)

fats

c)

DNA

d)

ATP

8.

Marie Maynard Daly was the first African American woman from the U.S. to receive what degree?

a)

PhD in Chemistry

b)

Bachelor's of Science in Chemistry

c)

Associate's Degree in Chemistry

d)

Bachelor's of Science in Physics

9.

Grace Hopper has been called the mother of the _.

a)

computer

b)

Navy

c)

calculator

d)

COBOL

10.

This American mathematician's calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights. Who is she?

a)

Mary Jackson

b)

Katheryn G Johnson

c)

Dorothy Vaughan

d)

Grace Hopper

11.

This American mathematician and aerospace engineer started as a computer at the segregated West Area Computing division in 1951. She took advanced engineering classes and, in 1958, became NASA's first black female engineer. Who is she?

a)

Mary Jackson

b)

Katheryn G Johnson

c)

Dorothy Vaughan

d)

Grace Hopper

12.

______ was the first person and thus far ONLY male or female to win two Nobel Prizes.

a)

Florence Sabin

b)

Marie Curie

c)

Grace M. Hopper

d)

Rachel Carson

13.

Who was the first African American woman in space?

a)

Valentina Tereshkova

b)

Mae Jemison

c)

Annie Easley

d)

Katia Krafft

14.

Hypatia was an ancient greek

a)

astronomer

b)

mathematician

c)

philosopher

d)

all of the above