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Famous Scientists
Do you know which scientists are famous for which achievements?
Question | Answer |
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DNA model that looks like a twisted ladder (double-helix shape) | Francis Watson and James Crick |
natural selection is how living things evolve (change) over time | Charles Darwin |
developed law of gravity, three laws of motion, calculus, studied optics | Sir Isaac Newton |
energy = mass times speed of light squared, unified field theory, theory of relativity | Albert Einstein |
coined term "radioactivity", discovered element radium | Marie Curie |
coined term "cell", used primitive microscope | Robert Hooke |
Law of Conservation of Mass (mass of reactants = mass of products in a chemical reaction) | Antoine LaVoisier |
pea plant experiments, monk, father of heredity | Gregor Mendel |
developed first human stem cell line; works at UW-Madison | James (Jamie) Thompson |