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Famous Scientists - Do you know them?

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

He discovered the basic principles of heredity.

a)

Albert Einstein

b)

Gregor Mendel

c)

Charles Darwin

2.

She discovered radium and was the first female winner of the Nobel prize in physics.

a)

Jane Goodall

b)

Florence Nightingale

c)

Marie Curie

3.

She was a mathematics expert and computer programmer. She was also a university professor.

a)

Grace Hopper

b)

Jane Fonda

c)

Oprah Winfrey

4.

She was number one female player in the world from the age of twelve, and the best female chess player in history. She beat the world champion, Garry Kasparov, in 2002.

a)

Rosalind Franklin

b)

Judit Pólgar

c)

Steffi Graf

5.

He was a mathematician, scientist, inventor and artist - a genius with different talents.

a)

Leonardo da Vinci.

b)

Copernicus

c)

Galilean

6.

He discovered the theory of Relativity.

a)

Albert Einstein

b)

Thomas Edison

c)

Benjamin Franklin

7.

He invented the light bulb.

a)

Alexander Graham Bell

b)

Thomas Edison

c)

John Nash

8.

"Nothing is lost, nothing is created, everything is transformed" was said by

a)

Antoine Lavoisier

b)

Emmanuel Macron

c)

François Mitterrand

9.

She studied animals´ behaviour, mainly the one of apes.

a)

Dorothy Hodgkin

b)

Marie Curie

c)

Jane Goodall

10.

António Gedeão was a Chemistry professor and a poet. His real name was...

a)

Fernando Namora

b)

Rómulo de Carvalho

c)

Fernando Pessoa