Unit 1 Great Scientists Archimedes 阿基米德Charles Darwin达尔文Thomas Newcomen 纽可门 Marie Curie 居里夫人Gregor Mendel 门德尔Leonardo da Vinci 达芬奇 Humphry Davy 汉弗莱 戴维Stephen Hawking 斯帝芬 霍金Thomas Edison 1.Which scientist discovered that objects in water are lifted up by a force that helps them float?B. ArchimedesC. Thomas EdisonA. Charles Darwin 2. Who wrote a book explaining how animals and plants developed as the environment changed?A. Marie CurieC. Charles DarwinB. Gregor Mendel 3.Who invented the first steam engine?A. Thomas NewcomenC. Thomas EdisonB. Archimedes 4. Who used peas to show how physical characteristics are passed from parents to their children.A. Thomas EdisonC. ArchimedesB. Gregor Mendel 5. Who discovered radium?A. Marie CurieC. NewtonB. Zhang Heng 6.Who invented the way of giving electricity to everybody in large cities?A. Stephen Hawking C. Thomas EdisonB. Archimedes 7.Who was the painter that studied dead bodies to improve his painting of people?A. Gregor MendelC. Marie CurieB. Leonardo da Vinci 8. Who invented a lamp to keep miners safe underground?A. Sir Humphry Davy C. FaradayB. Thomas Newcomen 9. Who invented the earliest instrument to tell people where earthquakes happened?A. Charles DarwinC. Watt B. Zhang Heng 10.Who put forward a theory about black holes?A. Stephen HawkingC. CopernicusB. Archimedes similaritiescareful hard-workingstrictpositivetalentedcreativebrightstrong- willed What should scientists do to prove a new idea in scientific research?Pre-readingDraw a conclusion Think of a method Collect results Make up a question Find a problem Analyse the results Repeat if necessary What order would you put the seven in?Find a problem Make up a question Think of a method Collect...