Unit 1 Great Scientists Warming UpWhat do you know about great scientists? Try this quiz and find out who knows the most. 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 a question Find a problem Analyse the results Find supporting evidence What order would you put them in?Find a problem Make a question Think of a method Collect results Analyse the results Find supporting evidence Draw a conclusion What infectious diseas...
