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SCIENTISTS AND THEIR INVENTIONS QUIZ
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From the 16th century onward, the speed of a ship was measured by what English invention?
A: log

3
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Which is an accurate, portable timekeeping device often used for determining longitude at
sea?
A: chronometer

5
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What early scientific instrument used for reckoning time and for observational purposes came
into wide use beginning in the early Middle Ages in Europe and the Islamic world?
A: astrolabe

7
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He discovered plant cells and discovered Hooke’s Law – the law of elasticity
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He discovered one of the fundamental laws of physics – the Law of Conservation of
Electric Charge – and proved that lightning is electricity
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He was the first person to isolate methane gas
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He also found that electric potential in a capacitor is directly proportional to
electric charge
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Discovered that some molecules have mirror images – these can be described as lefthanded and right-handed versions of a chemical compound
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Scientist whose original name was William Thomson, codified the first two laws of
thermodynamics and deduced that the absolute zero of temperature is −273
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He
was honored for this with the naming of the Kelvin temperature scale
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A: Lord Kelvin
6
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A: William Crookes
7
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He won the Nobel Prize for Physiology/Medicine in 1906 for
his neuron doctrine
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The famous Italian physicist and mathematician is the inventor of the barometer
(scientific tool used in the field of meteorology to estimate atmospheric pressure), built in
1643
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A: Evangelista Torricelli

9
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He was the one to invent the world's first
automobile
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His automobile was powered by steam, but could not carry
humans
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An English mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer who
originated the concept of a programmable computer
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A: Charles Babbage
11
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A: Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
12
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Among other discoveries of him there are telegraph devices, phonograph, carbon
transmitter, direct current generator, universal electric motor, and more
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A: Thomas Edison
13
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A: Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel
14
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Other discoveries of Einstein include
the photoelectric effect and the Einstein calculator
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During the World War I Fleming worked as an army medical doctor
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The discovery of penicillin
managed to significantly boost the evolution of medicine industry
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Two American brothers, inventors and aviation pioneers who were credited for inventing
and building the world’s first successful airplane and making the first controlled, powered
and sustained, heavier than air human flight on December 17, 1903
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A: The Wright Brothers, (Orville & Wilbur)

PARTS OF A CELL QUIZ
1
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In cells with a clearly defined nucleus, which membrane-bound organelle is responsible for
transporting, modifying, and packaging proteins and lipids into vesicles?
A: golgi apparatus

3
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What is the material that surrounds a cell’s organelles?
A: cytoplasm

5
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What breaks down macromolecules such as nucleic acids, proteins, and polysaccharides?
A: lysosomes

7
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What is the site of photosynthesis in a plant cell?
A: chloroplast

9
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What are the sites of protein synthesis?
A: ribosomes
GENERAL SCIENCE QUESTIONS:
1
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How many bones are in the human body?
A: 206
3
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What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?
A: Diamond
5
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Humans and chimpanzees share roughly how much DNA?
A: 98%
7
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Roughly how long does it take for the sun’s light to reach Earth – 8 minutes, 8 hours or 8
days?
A: 8 minutes
9
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At what temperature are Celsius and Fahrenheit equal?

A: -40
11
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What is the biggest planet in our solar system?
A: Jupiter
13
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How many vertebrae does the average human possess?
A: 33
15
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Which oath of ethics taken by doctors is named after an Ancient Greek physician?
A: Hippocratic Oath
17
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Which Apollo moon mission was the first to carry a lunar rover?
A: Apollo 15
19
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What is the study of mushrooms called?
A: Mycology



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