Barbara McClintock won a Nobel Prize for her discovery of "_____________" genes, or mobile genetic elements, that she discovered while working with corn kernels.
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2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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This scientist discovered the neutron.
J.J. Thomson
Antoine Lavoisier
Lise Meitner
James Chadwick
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Jack Horner discovered that dinosaurs cared for their young and that some nested in colonies. He was the technical consultant for all 4 _________ ____________ movies.
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This French scientist created the law of conservation of mass, discovered oxygen's role in combustion and respiration , and named several elements.
Amedeo Avogadro
Antoine Lavoisier
Jane Marcet
Henry Moseley
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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This scientist died suddenly at the age of 24. Chaulmoogra injections based on her work became a standard treatment for leprosy until the 1940s.
Alice Ball
Elizabeth Blackburn
Grace Hopper
Nettie Stevens
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MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
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Which of the following elements were not discovered by Glenn Seaborg?
Americium
Polonium
Einsteinium
Nobelium
Iridium
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Which pair of scientists both studied chromosomes?
Nettie Stevens and Alfred Wegner
Alfred Wegener and Alfred R. Wallace
Elizabeth Blackburn and Elizabeth Blackwell
Nettie Stevens and Elizabeth Blackburn
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