D in Science

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1. This German scientist shared the 1950 Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Ernst Diesel Otto Diels Franz Dusse Heinrich Danz

2. When I wasn't achieving Ds in science, I was getting Fs! I'm going to combine D and F for a question - who is the scientist whose last name begins with F who invented the dynamo? Michael Faraday Reginald Fessenden Harvey Firestone Nathan Fillion

3. This man discovered the pain-relieving effects of nitrous oxide (laughing gas). Who was he? John Dalton Leonardo da Vinci Liam Donaldson Humphrey Davy

4. The person who gives the weather forecasts on your local television station often refers to this for forecasting the weather in your area. Doppler radar Dowsing Distant Early Warning system Divination

5. This ancient Greek scientist and mathematician discovered the physics principle of the density and buoyancy of water when he sat in his bathtub. Euclid Diogenes Pythagoras Archimedes

6. In 1925, a young American school teacher was put on trial for teaching this man's theories. Answer: (One or Two Words. Monkeying around!)

7. Where did Crick and Watson and their team do their work on deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)? Cambridge University, England Oxford University Massachussetts Institute of Technology Stanford University

8. What is a diatom? a microscopic unicellular alga a scientific instrument a bacillus an insect egg

9. Dimenhydrinate is the scientific name for a drug that is used to prevent - what? allergic reactions pregnancy nausea and motion sickness hair loss

10. Dendrochronology is the study of what? The growth of teeth in rodents The life span of dentures Dinosaur teeth Tree rings