Scientists Who Changed What We Know
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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Who developed the theory of evolution by natural selection?
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ACharles DarwinBGregor MendelCLouis PasteurDCarl LinnaeusWhich scientist won Nobel prizes in two different sciences?
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AAlbert EinsteinBMarie CurieCNiels BohrDWerner HeisenbergIsaac Newton described three laws of motion.
True / False · 20s
TRUEFALSE- What did Rosalind Franklin's X-ray work help reveal?Multiple Choice · 20s
- Which scientist is famous for the equation relating energy and mass? Family name is enough.Type Answer · 30s
- What did Gregor Mendel study to work out the rules of inheritance?Multiple Choice · 20s
- Ada Lovelace wrote what is often called the first computer program.True / False · 20s
- What did Galileo's telescope observations support?Multiple Choice · 20s
- What is Stephen Hawking best known for studying?Multiple Choice · 20s
- Which scientist discovered penicillin by accident? Family name is enough.Type Answer · 30s
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