Famous Scientists Recall
Instructions: Can you recall the brilliant scientists who changed our understanding of the world?
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Which scientist developed the theory of general relativity?
AMax PlanckBNiels BohrCIsaac NewtonDAlbert Einstein - 2.
Who discovered penicillin, the first widely used antibiotic?
AJoseph ListerBLouis PasteurCAlexander FlemingDRobert Koch - 3.
Which scientist is known for his laws of motion and universal gravitation?
AIsaac NewtonBJohannes KeplerCGalileo GalileiDAlbert Einstein - 4.
Who proposed the theory of evolution by natural selection?
ACharles DarwinBJean-Baptiste LamarckCGregor MendelDAlfred Russel Wallace - 5.
Which scientist won two Nobel Prizes, one in Physics and one in Chemistry?
AAlbert EinsteinBMarie CurieCNiels BohrDLinus Pauling - 6.
Who developed the first successful polio vaccine?
ALouis PasteurBEdward JennerCAlbert SabinDJonas Salk - 7.
Which scientist's X-ray crystallography work was crucial to discovering DNA's structure?
ADorothy HodgkinBBarbara McClintockCRosalind FranklinDMarie Curie - 8.
Who is known as the father of modern astronomy for his use of the telescope?
AGalileo GalileiBJohannes KeplerCNicolaus CopernicusDTycho Brahe - 9.
Which scientist developed the periodic table of elements?
AJohn DaltonBDmitri MendeleevCRobert BoyleDAntoine Lavoisier - 10.
Who is known as the 'father of genetics' for his work with pea plants?
AGregor MendelBThomas Hunt MorganCFrancis CrickDCharles Darwin - 11.
Which scientist invented the light bulb and held over 1,000 patents?
ANikola TeslaBAlexander Graham BellCBenjamin FranklinDThomas Edison - 12.
Who proposed the heliocentric model of the solar system in the 16th century?
ANicolaus CopernicusBGalileo GalileiCJohannes KeplerDPtolemy - 13.
Which physicist is known for his uncertainty principle in quantum mechanics?
AErwin SchrödingerBWerner HeisenbergCMax BornDNiels Bohr - 14.
Who invented the telephone in 1876?
ASamuel MorseBAlexander Graham BellCNikola TeslaDThomas Edison - 15.
Which scientist developed the theory of radioactivity and coined the term?
AErnest RutherfordBHenri BecquerelCWilhelm RöntgenDMarie Curie