Famous Discoveries
Instructions: Match scientific discoveries to their discoverers
- 1.
Who discovered penicillin in 1928?
ALouis PasteurBAlexander FlemingCRobert KochDJoseph Lister - 2.
Which scientist discovered the law of gravity?
AIsaac NewtonBJohannes KeplerCGalileo GalileiDAlbert Einstein - 3.
Who discovered the structure of DNA along with James Watson?
ARosalind FranklinBLinus PaulingCFrancis CrickDMaurice Wilkins - 4.
Which scientist discovered radioactivity?
AWilhelm RöntgenBMarie CurieCErnest RutherfordDHenri Becquerel - 5.
Who is credited with discovering electricity through his famous kite experiment?
AAlessandro VoltaBNikola TeslaCThomas EdisonDBenjamin Franklin - 6.
Which scientist discovered the planets orbit the Sun, not the Earth?
AGalileo GalileiBNicolaus CopernicusCTycho BraheDJohannes Kepler - 7.
Who developed the first successful polio vaccine?
AAlbert SabinBEdward JennerCLouis PasteurDJonas Salk - 8.
Which scientist discovered the element radium along with her husband Pierre?
AIrène Joliot-CurieBLise MeitnerCDorothy HodgkinDMarie Curie - 9.
Who discovered that the Earth revolves around the Sun using a telescope?
AGalileo GalileiBNicolaus CopernicusCIsaac NewtonDEdmund Halley - 10.
Which scientist is credited with discovering the theory of evolution by natural selection?
AJean-Baptiste LamarckBAlfred Russel WallaceCGregor MendelDCharles Darwin - 11.
Who discovered X-rays in 1895?
AMarie CurieBMax PlanckCHenri BecquerelDWilhelm Röntgen - 12.
Which scientist discovered the circulation of blood in the human body?
AHippocratesBWilliam HarveyCGalenDAndreas Vesalius - 13.
Who discovered the first antibiotic treatment for bacterial infections using sulfonamides?
APaul EhrlichBSelman WaksmanCAlexander FlemingDGerhard Domagk - 14.
Which scientist discovered the electron?
AJames ChadwickBErnest RutherfordCNiels BohrDJ.J. Thomson - 15.
Who is credited with discovering the vaccination principle using cowpox to prevent smallpox?
ARobert KochBEdward JennerCJoseph ListerDLouis Pasteur