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Maria Goeppert Mayer

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What year did Maria Goeppert Mayer win the nobel prize?

a)

1999

b)

1963

c)

1945

d)

1933

2.

How many years after Marie Curie did she win the nobel prize?

a)

30

b)

70

c)

60

d)

50

3.

Where was Maria born?

a)

Italy

b)

Germany

c)

Spain

d)

USA

4.

What did her husband study?

a)

Physics

b)

Chemistry

c)

English

d)

Biology

5.

Why didn' t she get a paied job in Universities for years?

a)

Beacuse scientists thought she wasn't good enough

b)

Beacuse she didn't finish her studies

c)

Beacuse her husband didn't want her to

d)

Because women were not fully recognised in the scientific community

6.

What did she discover about the nucleus of the atom?

a)

That protons and neutrons spin coupled in a liquid nucleus

b)

That protons and neutrons spin coupled in specific energy levels.

c)

That the nucleus is made of liquid unknown particles

d)

That electrons spin around the nucleus

7.

Where is the Nobel prize normally awarded?

a)

Washington, USA

b)

London, UK

c)

Berlin, Germany

d)

Stockholm, Sweden

8.

Which subject really helped her to support her nucleus model theory?

a)

Poetry

b)

Mathematics

c)

Physics

d)

Chemistry

9.

Why did physicist found it so hard to accept Maria's nucleus model?

a)

because the repulsive forces between neutrons are so big that such an ordered structure seemed impossible.

b)

because the repulsive forces between protons are so big that such an ordered structure seemed impossible.

c)

because the repulsive forces between electrons are so big that such an ordered structure seemed impossible.

d)

because the repulsive forces between particles are so big that such an ordered structure seemed impossible.

10.

Did you like to learn about Maria Goeppert Mayer?

a)

Yes

b)

NO

c)

A little bit

d)

I am not sure