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WorksheetsFamous Scientists
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 50mins
Which famous scientist created the light bulb?
Bill Nye
Martin Luther King Jr.
Michael Jordan
Thomas Edison
What is Robert Boyle most famous for?
Making the Earth
Making the light bulb
Discovering the oxygen element
Discovering x-rays
Which one of these scientists pioneered molecular asymmetry?
Barbara McClintock
Louis Pasteur
Alexander Bell
Florence Nightingale
Which one of these scientists pioneered scuba gear?
Maria Sklodowska
Thomas Edison
Jacques Cousteau
Michael Faraday
Who made the discovery that black holes emit radiation which can be detected by special instrumentation?
Stephen Hawking
Mary Anning
Nikola Tesla
Robert Boyle
What is Francis Crick most famous for?
Discovering x-rays
Discovering double helix
Peabody award
Provided the impetus for DDT
Who modeled the atom?
Elizabeth Blackwell
Carl Sagon
Rachel Carson
Niels Bohr
Which person was the first African American transplant surgeon?
Florence Nightngale
Harriet Tubman
Velma Scantlebury
Louis Pasteur
Who was the first woman to receive Electrical Engineering degree?
Wright Brothers
Katherine Johnson
Edith Clarke
Rachel Carson
Who discovered the nuclear structure of an atom?
Neil Tyson
Ernest Rutherford
George Carver
Charles Darwin
What is Michael Faraday famous for?
Inventing electrical generator and motor
Discovering polonium and radium
Revolutionized astronomy and biology
First U.S. astronaut to orbit Earth
What is Alexander Bell most famous for?
Inventor of the telephone
First training school for nurses
Discovered galaxies beyond the Milky way
First scientist to discover a comet
What is Annie Easley most famous for?
Pioneering scuba gear
Developing code for energy conservation systems
Revolutionizing astronomy and biology
Holding three United Pendants
Which scientist was the first to discover a full skeleton of plesiosaur?
Galileo Galilei
Henry Ford
Steve Irwin
Mary Anning
What is Dmitri Mendeleev most known for?
Pioneered scuba gear
Discovering the periodic table
Discovering polonium and radium
Inventing electrical generator and motor
What is Tycho Brahe most known for?
First U.S. astronaut to orbit Earth
Accurate observations of planets and stars
Developing code for energy conservation systems
First Woman to receive electrical engineering
What is Charles Darwin most known for?
Theory of natural selection
Model of an atom
Peabody award
Helped organize National Health Society
What is Gregor Mandel most known for?
Helped organize National Health Society
Discovering nuclear structure of an atom
Discovering calculus
Laws of inheritance
Which scientists built and flew the first air plane?
Rachel Carson
Carl Sagon
Wright Brothers
Issac Newton
What is Issac Newton most known for?
Reclassification for dwarf planets
Inventing Calculus
E = mc3
Discovering double helix
What is the scientists that calculated the first man mission on the Moon?
Elizabeth Blackwell
Francis Crick
Niels Bohr
Katherine Johnson
What is Elizabeth Blackwell most known for?
Provided the impetus for DDT
Helping organize National Health Society
Reclassification for dwarf planets
Photo 51 revealing double helix of DNA
What is Neil Tyson most important discovery?
Reclassification for dwarf planets
Planet research
Build and flying the first ever airplane
Laws of inheritance
What is George Washington Carver most known for?
Discovering calculus
Discovering double helix
Peabody Award
Plant research
Which scientist had photo 51 that revealed double helix of DNA?
Henry Ford
Neil Armstrong
Rosalind Franklin
Issac Newton
