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WorksheetsGroundbreakers of Science
Total questions: 43
Worksheet time: 22mins
What was Henrietta diagnosed with?
Skin Cancer
Lung Cancer
Throat Cancer
Cervical Cancer
Where were Henrietta's cell sent?
Tissue lab
Blood lab
Chemistry Lab
Biology Lab
Where did she go and get treated?
Rose Medical Hospital
John Hopkins Hospital
VA Hospital
Mayo Clinic
Did her cells died?
maybe
yes
I don't know
No
What were her cells doing?
Staying the same
tripling
doubling
nothing
How long did Henrietta Lacks cells last?
20 minutes
one hour
few days
a few weeks
Could experiments be done one human cell outside of the body before Henrietta Lacks?
Yes
Maybe
No
How old was Henrietta Lacks when she died?
41
51
21
31
Did Henrietta Lacks ever give consent to use her cells for research?
No
Yes
George Washington Carver was born a slave.
True
False
He was known as the “plant doctor” because
he worked in a hospital garden
he was nice
he helped plants and crops that were sick.
GWC used peanuts and _______ for many inventions.
sweet potatoes
carrots
cotton
GWC discovered over _____ things that could be made from peanuts.
30
300
100
What is something he invented from peanuts?
Paint
Houses
Cars
Why did Carver have a tough time finding a college?
His grades were not good enough.
He lived too far away from a college.
Very few schools accepted African Americans at the time.
Colleges were only for women.
How did Carver help farmers?
He helped them move away from the south.
He taught farmers how to protect and care for their soil.
He discovered hundreds of uses for bananas.
He grew rich from his inventions and quit teaching.
In college, Carver studied BOTANY, which helped him discover many uses of peanuts. What is BOTANY?
The study of plants.
The study of building.
The study of government.
The study of slavery.
Percy Julian was one of six children born in 1899 in _________, ____________.
Atlanta, Georgia
Greencastle, Indiana
Montgomery, Alabama
Greesboro, Alabama
Percy Julian could only secure jobs on the staff of predominantly Black institutions — first at West Virginia State College, Fisk and in 1928, as head of the department of chemistry at Howard University, Washington, D.C. because of_____________________.
lack of proper education
prejudices and discrimination
he did not apply anywhere else
none of these
True or False:
Percy Julian was the first African American to obtain his PhD in Chemistry.
True
False
In 1936 Percy Julian was offered a position as the director of research at what company?
Glidden
Julian Laboratories
Eli Lilly
Johnson & Johnson
Julian's research in synthesizing progesterone was started because of his wife's _____________________.
interest in pain management
fertility issues
love of soybeans
rheumatoid arthritis
At Glidden, Julian was the first chemist to mass produce artificial __________
sweeteners
insulin
diamonds
sex hormones
Percy Julian's discovery and production of steroid intermediates made what drug affordable for the treatment of arthritis?
Tylenol
Advil
Cortizone
Aspirin
Percy Julian joined which organizations to fight for racial equality?
NAACP and the Urban League
The Black Panthers
The American Society of Chemists
Glidden Inc.
Percy Julian was born in 1899, in __________?
Alabama
Oklahoma
Rhode Island
California
Percy went to _________ University
University of San Francisco
UT
DePauw
Cambridge University
African American research chemist and a pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs from plants.
Percy Julian
Daniel Hale Williams
George Carruthers
Charles H. Turner
Lloyd Hall
What is Alexa Canady?
Artist
Scientist
Actress
Athlete
When was Alexa Canady born?
October 6th
November 7th
November 8th
October 10th
When did Alexa Canady retire?
June 2002
August 2004
June 2001
July 2001
What did Alexa treat?
Gunshot wounds
Head trauma
Illnesses
Brain tumors
All of the above
What was she famous for?
First African American woman to become a neurosurgeon
First African American woman to go to space
First African American woman poet
First African American woman nurse
This scientist figured out how to synthesize important medicinal compounds from abundant plant sources, making them more affordable to mass-produce. The hormones include, sex hormones and the cortical hormones of the adrenal glands. The medicinal potential of these compounds was clear, but extracting sufficient quantities of them from animal tissue and fluids was prohibitively expensive.
Percy Julian
Roland G. Fryer
Charles Drew
Ralph Bunch
Marcus Garvey
She became the first African-American woman neurosurgeon in the United States in 1981. “The greatest challenge I faced in becoming a neurosurgeon was believing it was possible,” she is famously quoted.
Dr. Alexa Canady
Dr. Ayanna Howard
Dr. Mamie Phipps Clark
Dr. Christine Darden
Dr. Patricia Bath
Annie Easley went to _____
Clevelend state unsiversity
cleveland university kansas city
cleveland university heights
Xavier university of Louisiana
My matmatician full name is Annie ____ Easley
Annie Jean Easley
Annie jane Easley
Annie Easley was born on april 23rd ______
April 23rd 1934
April 23rd 1945
April 23rd 1925
April 23rd 2011
When was Annie Easley born
December-25-2020
February-14-1882
April-23-1933
September-6-1956
What was Annie Easley know for
Computer Scientist, Mathematician
Ophthalmologist
Mathematician, Engineer
Pharmacist and Chemist
What is Annie Easleys quote
You're never to old, and if you want to, as my mother said, You can do anything you want to, but you have to work at it.
If you can be the best, then why not try to be the best
Did Annie Easley work at NASA before it was NASA
Yes
No
