prt 2 Flashcards

1
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was able to produced an
amazing doctoral thesis about calcium carbonate degeneration and the extraction
of carbon.

A

Joseph Black

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2
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made an important contribution to the field
by illustrating that water was made of two parts of hydrogen to one of oxygen.

A

Henry Cavendish

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3
Q

was able to show how big-scale
ocean currents flowed at the bottom of the sea with his inquiries of the gulf
stream

A

Benjamin Franklin

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4
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was one of those who
pioneered the creation of theory of evolution.

A

Georges-Loius Leclerc

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5
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spent most of his time delving into the complex
relationship between plants and insects.

A

Christian Sprenge

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6
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focused on specific about demography and
predicted the end of the world a population growth was left unchecked.

A

Thomas Malthus

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7
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made bigs strides with iconic
invention of the electric battery.

A

Alessandro volta

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8
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introduced the creation of a new profession
separate from that of philosophy.

A

William Whewell

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9
Q

who established a connection between
electricity and magnetism.

A

Danish Hans Christian Orsted

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10
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first electronic motor

A

Michael Faraday and Scottish james

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11
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who made the calculation in the process, solved the
complex mathematics of electromagnetism.

A

Clerk maxwell

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12
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a astronomer, realized that his thermometer
showed a higher temperature over the red end of the visible
spectrum.

A

William Herschel

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13
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also discovered the soon-to-be famous X-rays
in his experiment in Germany.

A

Wilhelm Rontgen

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14
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put to rest the argument of whether light was a
wave or a particle discovering wavelike interference.

A

thomas young

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15
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made the famous the “Doppler effect” by
expounding on the color of binary stars.

A

Christian Doppler

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16
Q

were able to measure the
speed of light and concluded that light traveled faster in air than
in water

A

Hippolyte Fizeau and Leon Foucault

17
Q

focusing on the potential use of atomic weights for
veteran chemist.

A

john dalton

18
Q

contributed to the growing knowledge on
this by making a full list of atomic weights.

A

Jons Jakob Berzelius

19
Q

illustrated that the spontaneous generation of life
could not be done.

A

Louis Pasteur

20
Q

discovered the structure of the benzene
molecule

A

August Kekule

21
Q

who was able to solve problem through
periodic table of the elements

A

Dmitri Mendeleev

22
Q

pioneered the use of the word “dinosaurs” to
describe the “terrible lizards”

A

Richard Owen

23
Q

the big parts of the planet were once covered
with impregnable ice.

A

Louis Agassiz

24
Q

illustrated that birds could have evolved
from the now-extinct dinosaurs.

A

Thomas Henry Huxley

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declares that “There is nothing new to be discovered in Physics now, all that remains is more and more precise measurement
lord kelvin
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was an English mathematician, astronomer, theologian, author and physicist who is widely recognised as one of the most influential scientists of all time, and a key figure in the scientific revolution
Isaac newton