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Scientists and their Works

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

(14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) He was a German-born scientist. He worked on theoretical physics. He developed the theory of relativity. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921 for theoretical physics. His famous equation is E=m.c2 (E = energy, m = mass, c = speed of light).

a)

Isaac Newton

b)

Albert Einstein

c)

Galileu Galilei

d)

Nikola Tesla

2.

(7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934) She was a Polish physicist and chemist. She did research on radioactivity. She was also the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. She was the first woman professor at the University of Paris. She was the first person to win two Nobel Prizes.

a)

Ada Lovelace

b)

Mary Anning

c)

Marie Curie

d)

Mary Somerville

3.

(10 December 1815 – 27 November 1852) She wrote the world's first computer program. She realized that computers would be able to do more than just calculating or number-crunching. Other scientists, worked only on the possibilities of calculating.

a)

Ada Lovelace

b)

Katherine Johnson

c)

Rosalind Franklin

d)

Mary Anning

4.

(August 26, 1918 – February 24, 2020) She was an African American physicist and mathematician. She was known for her work on the United States' aeronautics and space programs at NASA. She made it possible for many space flights such as the 1969 Apollo 11 flight to the Moon, through the Space Shuttle program to happen.

a)

Katie Bouman

b)

Ada Lovelace

c)

Katherine Johnson

d)

Lynn Margulis

5.

(May 9, 1989 - ) She is an american scientist and professor who investigates computational methods for images and led the first visualization of a black hole using the Event Horizon telescope. The National Science Foundation uncovered the at no other time seen picture on April 10, 2019.

a)

Katie Bouman

b)

Ada Lovelace

c)

Mary Anning

d)

Marie Curie

6.

(February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) He was an American inventor. He developed many devices such as the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and the long-lasting, practical electric light bulb, have had a widespread impact on the modern industrialized world.

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

Galileu Galilei

c)

Charles Darwin

d)

Nikola Testa

7.

(8 January 1942 – 14 March 2018) He was a British cosmologist (someone who studies the structure of the universe). He invented important theories about the Big Bang, black holes and how they work. He predicted that black holes eject some radiation (energy), even though they normally swallow everything. That kind of radiation is named "Hawking Radiation."

a)

Stephen Hawking

b)

Albert Einstein

c)

Thomas Edison

d)

Isaac Newton

8.

(25 December 1642 – 20 March 1726) He was an English physicist, mathematician and astronomer. In 1687, he presented his theory of universal gravitation and three laws of motion. He built the first practical reflecting telescope in 1668. He also developed a theory of light based on the observation that a prism decomposes white light into the colors of the rainbow.

a)

Isaac Newton

b)

Albert Einstein

c)

Thomas Edison

d)

Charles Darwin

9.

Who invented the first telephone?

a)

Albert Einstein

b)

Thomas Edison

c)

Alexander Graham Bell

d)

Marie Curie

10.

Nicolaus Copernicus

a)

thought that the sun was the centre

of the Solar system, not earth.

b)

invented electrical batteries.

c)

is best known for discovering radioactivity

which is used medically in x-rays.

d)

studied gravity and developed three laws of motion.

11.

Edwin Hubble

a)

invented the telephone.

b)

studied gravity.

c)

is best known for discovering radioactivity which is used medically in x-rays.

d)

showed that there are galaxies beyond our own, the Milky way.

12.

Timothy Berners-Lee

a)

invented the World Wide Web.

b)

invented the telephone.

c)

invented the light bulb.

d)

invented the telescope.

13.

I learned a lot about space and found out how the universe was made and tried to predict what might happen to it next. I also used what I learned to prove that the universe started with the Big Bang.

a)

I am Alexander Graham Bell

b)

I am Stephen Hawking

c)

I am Leonardo da Vinci

d)

I am Marie Curie

14.

I specialize in working with electricity. I am most known for designing the AC (alternating current electric system) which we still use today. My inventions have paved the way to many of today’s essential technology such as remote controls, radio, wireless technology, etc.

a)

Nikola Tesla

b)

Michael Faraday

c)

Alexander Graham Bell

d)

Marie Curie

15.

What do we call scientists that deals with the study of living organisms?

a)

Geologists

b)

Historians

c)

Paleontologists

d)

Biologists

16.

Which of the following statements is true about scientists?

a)

They are do not create new things.

b)

They do not record truthful data

c)

They love figuring out why things happen.

d)

They are not curious with the things around them.

17.

Who invented the first airplane?

a)

Orville and Wilbur Left

b)

Orville and Wilbur Wright

c)

Napoleon Bonaparte

d)

Agapito Flores

18.

(a)   are scientists that deals with the study of rocks and the earth's ground.