Questions & Answers
Browse all 18 questions from the
Landmarks in Life Science History study set below.
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1
Who is historically credited with the discovery of penicillin in 1928?
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A
Alexander Fleming
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B
Louis Pasteur
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C
Charles Darwin
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D
Gregor Mendel
2
Which scientist is known as the father of genetics for his studies on pea plants?
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A
Robert Hooke
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B
Gregor Mendel
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C
Carl Linnaeus
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D
James Watson
3
In 1859, who published the groundbreaking book 'On the Origin of Species'?
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A
Alfred Russel Wallace
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B
Isaac Newton
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C
Charles Darwin
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D
Thomas Huxley
4
What did Robert Hooke first identify in 1665 when observing cork under a microscope?
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A
DNA strands
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B
Bacteria
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C
Cells
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D
Mitochondria
5
Which researcher famously studied the behavior of chimpanzees in Gombe Stream National Park starting in 1960?
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A
Jane Goodall
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B
Dian Fossey
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C
Rachel Carson
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D
Rosalind Franklin
6
Louis Pasteur is historically famous for developing a vaccine against which disease?
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A
Polio
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B
Rabies
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C
Malaria
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D
Tuberculosis
7
Who was the first person to visualize bacteria using a handcrafted microscope in the 1670s?
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A
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
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B
Galileo Galilei
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C
Benjamin Franklin
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D
Aristotle
8
Which female scientist contributed essential X-ray diffraction images that helped identify the structure of DNA?
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A
Marie Curie
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B
Barbara McClintock
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C
Rosalind Franklin
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D
Ada Lovelace
9
Carolus Linnaeus is known for creating which system used to name living organisms?
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A
The periodic table
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B
Taxonomy
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C
The theory of relativity
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D
Photosynthesis
10
What was the name of the first mammal successfully cloned from an adult somatic cell in 1996?
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A
Dolly the sheep
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B
Snuppy the dog
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C
CC the cat
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D
Prometea the horse
11
Which scientist is remembered for his work on the 'germ theory' of disease in the 19th century?
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A
Gregor Mendel
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B
Louis Pasteur
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C
Charles Darwin
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D
Edward Jenner
12
What did Edward Jenner develop in 1796 that is considered the world's first successful vaccine?
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A
Smallpox vaccine
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B
Flu shot
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C
Rabies vaccine
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D
Polio vaccine
13
In what year did the Human Genome Project officially declare the completion of a high-quality human genome sequence?
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A
1990
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B
2003
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C
1985
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D
2010
14
Which Greek philosopher is often called the 'father of biology' for his extensive classification of animals?
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A
Socrates
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B
Plato
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C
Aristotle
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D
Pythagoras
15
Rachel Carson published a book in 1962 that sparked the modern environmental movement. What was it titled?
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A
Silent Spring
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B
The Sea Around Us
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C
Darwin's Finches
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D
Green Earth
16
Who discovered that DNA is the material that makes up genes by studying bacteria in 1944?
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A
Oswald Avery
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B
Watson and Crick
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C
Linus Pauling
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D
Francis Collins
17
Which Dutch scientist coined the term 'cell' in biological history?
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A
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
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B
Robert Hooke
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C
Jan Swammerdam
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D
Christiaan Huygens
18
What process did Jan Ingenhousz discover in 1779 regarding how plants produce oxygen?
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A
Evolution
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B
Photosynthesis
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C
Fermentation
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D
Respiration
