Memorable Scientists
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100

This individual won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for her development of Radioactivity

Marie Curie

100

This is the only metal that's a liquid at room temperature

Mercury

100

The set of imaginary numbers 

Complex

100

A celestial body moving about the sun, usually in a highly eccentric orbit, consisting of a central mass surrounded by an envelope of dust and gas

Comet 

100

This is the largest organ of the human body

The Skin


200

This female scientist is the world's expert on chimpanzees

Jane Goodall

200

Name the two letters of the alphabet that don't appear on the periodic table

J and Q

200

The force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation

Centripetal Force

200

This is the amount of time it takes for light to travel from the sun to the earth 

8min 19 sec

200

This part of the human body serves the purpose of maintaining balance 

The ears

300

This scientist invented the first alternating current (AC) motor and developed AC generation and transmission technology. 

Nikola Tesla

300

These LED colors are what make up a pixel

Red, Green, Blue

300

For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction

Newtons Third Law

300

This is the name of the first man-made satellite launched by the Soviet Union in 1957

Sputnik 1

300

The longest living cells in humans come from this part of the body

The Brain

400

This scientist developed a law called the photoelectric effect, for which he received a Nobel Prize in physics.

Albert Einstein

400

This is the total number of elements that are listed in the periodic table

118

400

Left to themselves, things will always go from bad to worse

Murphy's Law

400

This is what a red giant star can become

Supernova

400

This is what MRI stands for

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

500

Name one of the three scientists who won the Nobel Prize in Physics (2022) 

Alain Aspect, Anton Zeilinger, and John Clauser

500

This is the acronym for the correct sequence of steps to follow when using the order of operations for a math expression

P.E.M.D.A.S.

500

This is the two-word phrase for the set of ideas that suggest the universe is not made up of points, but rather tiny vibrating lengths

String Theory

500

The only black hole that has been captured in an image, accomplished by the event horizon telescope.

Messier-87

500

There are this many bones in an adult human skeleton

206