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What did Anton van Leeuwenhoek use his first microscope to look at?
Cloth
Insects
Rain and pond water
All of the above
All of the above
Who invented the microscope?
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Who performed the first open-chest surgery?
Daniel Hale Williams
Who was in the WASP program during World War II?
Maggie Gee
Who helped the wounded in the Crimean War?
Florence Nightingale
True or False: The American Telephone and Telegraph Company is still around today.
True, it is known as AT & T.
True or False: Florence Nightingale was awarded the Royal Red Cross from Queen Victoria.
True.
True or False: Rachel Carson opened a teaching hospital named Provident Hospital.
False, that was Daniel Hale Williams.
True or False: Marie Curie's husband was also her partner in experimenting with radioactivity.
True.
Who were the two people that inspired Alexander Graham Bell the most?
His mother and wife
Who developed more than 300 food and commercial products from peanuts?
George Washington Carver
What did Diana Trujillo study in college?
Aerospace engineering
Who created a two-way telephone that could be used over long distances?
Alexander Graham Bell
Who created a Dust Removal Tool that took six months to develop?
Diana Trujillo
What job did Daniel Hale Williams have before going to Chicago Medical School?
A barber
Who co-founded an organization that creates portable medical devices that diagnose diseases?
Hayat Sindi
Who was the first person, male or female, to win the Nobel Prize twice?
Marie Curie
Who worked as a scientist, editor, and the Editor-in-Chief for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Rachel Carson
Who was the first woman to serve on the Consultative Council of Saudi Arabia?
Hayat Sindi
Who testified before congress in 1963 and called for new policies to protect human health and the environment?
Rachel Carson
What was the name of Florence Nightingale’s book?
Notes on Nursing
What is a patent?
A patent gives an inventor the right to stop other people making or using their invention.
Name two things Florence Nightingale did to make the hospitals better during the war.
Answers may vary.
What were the names of the two radioactive elements Marie Curie discovered?
Polonium and radium
What is a microscope?
A microscope is a device that magnifies tiny objects, or makes them look larger.