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Scientists Who Changed What We Know

SheelonHistoryScienceEnglishGrades 6-8Published Aug 5, 2026

Two Nobel prizes in two different sciences, a photograph that revealed DNA, and a programmer who worked a century before computers existed. Ten questions on the people behind the discoveries.

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  1. Who developed the theory of evolution by natural selection?

    Multiple Choice · 20s

    ACharles Darwin
    BGregor Mendel
    CLouis Pasteur
    DCarl Linnaeus
  2. Which scientist won Nobel prizes in two different sciences?

    Multiple Choice · 20s

    AAlbert Einstein
    BMarie Curie
    CNiels Bohr
    DWerner Heisenberg
  3. Isaac Newton described three laws of motion.

    True / False · 20s

    TRUE
    FALSE
  4. What did Rosalind Franklin's X-ray work help reveal?Multiple Choice · 20s
  5. Which scientist is famous for the equation relating energy and mass? Family name is enough.Type Answer · 30s
  6. What did Gregor Mendel study to work out the rules of inheritance?Multiple Choice · 20s
  7. Ada Lovelace wrote what is often called the first computer program.True / False · 20s
  8. What did Galileo's telescope observations support?Multiple Choice · 20s
  9. What is Stephen Hawking best known for studying?Multiple Choice · 20s
  10. Which scientist discovered penicillin by accident? Family name is enough.Type Answer · 30s

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