Scientific Discoveries & Breakthroughs Quiz
Scientific Discoveries & Breakthroughs · Chemistry 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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All 4 questions in this Scientific Discoveries & Breakthroughs quiz
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Which physicist, along with Otto Hahn, discovered nuclear fission in 1938, though she was famously denied a Nobel Prize for her work?
- A. Marie Curie
- B. Lise Meitner
- C. Rosalind Franklin
- D. Chien-Shiung Wu
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Which revolutionary gene-editing technology, whose pioneers won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2020, allows scientists to precisely alter DNA sequences?
- A. PCR
- B. CRISPR-Cas9
- C. DNA Sequencing
- D. RNA Interference
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In 1898, who discovered the radioactive elements Polonium and Radium, becoming the first person to win two Nobel Prizes?
- A. Pierre Curie
- B. Ernest Rutherford
- C. Marie Curie
- D. Enrico Fermi
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Who discovered the element Oxygen independently in the 1770s, though Antoine Lavoisier was the first to recognize it as a chemical element?
- A. John Dalton
- B. Joseph Priestley
- C. Henry Cavendish
- D. Humphry Davy