Scientific Discoveries & Breakthroughs Quiz

Scientific Discoveries & Breakthroughs · Biology Quiz

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Science advances through curiosity, observation, and experimentation. Every major invention and discovery, from electricity and vaccines to space telescopes and DNA—has expanded ou...

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  1. Which scientist is known as the 'Father of Genetics' for his 19th-century experiments with pea plants?

    • A. Charles Darwin
    • B. Gregor Mendel
    • C. Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
    • D. Thomas Hunt Morgan
  2. Who was the first person to see and describe bacteria and protozoa, using a high-powered single-lens microscope he built himself?

    • A. Robert Hooke
    • B. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
    • C. Louis Pasteur
    • D. Robert Brown
  3. Ernst Ruska won the Nobel Prize for inventing which instrument in 1931, which uses beams of electrons to see objects much smaller than the wavelength of light?

    • A. The Optical Microscope
    • B. The Electron Microscope
    • C. The Telescope
    • D. The Particle Accelerator
  4. In 1953, who utilized 'Photo 51' from Rosalind Franklin to correctly model the double helix structure of DNA?

    • A. Watson and Crick
    • B. Bohr and Heisenberg
    • C. Darwin and Wallace
    • D. Tesla and Edison