What major discovery is Mary Anning credited with?

The first nearly complete Plesiosaurus

What did Mary Everest Boole believe was important for children learning mathematics?

Using mathematical objects to play and discover patterns

Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman to:

Graduate from medical school in the U.S.

Ada Lovelace is often considered the first computer programmer because she wrote about:

Instructions for Charles Babbage’s Analytical Engine

What was Mary Somerville famous for?

Popularizing scientific concepts in books

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1
What mathematical concept was Alicia Boole Stott known for studying?
1D geometry
2D geometry
3D geometry
4D geometry
2
Anna Atkins is famous for using which photographic technique to record botanical specimens?
Collodion process
Silver gelatin print
Cyanotype
Daguerreotype
3
What major discovery is Mary Anning credited with?
The oldest human skeleton
The discovery of the tesseract as a 4D shape
The first nearly complete Plesiosaurus
The first meteorite impact crater
4
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson was the first woman in Britain to:
Become a qualified doctor
Perform surgery
Win a Nobel Prize in Medicine
Own a hospital
5
What did Mary Everest Boole believe was important for children learning mathematics?
Memorizing formulas
Studying only with books
Using mathematical objects to play and discover patterns
Learning multiple languages first
6
What nickname did Florence Nightingale earn during the Crimean War?
The Lady with the Lamp
The Mother of Nursing
The Queen of Healing
The Angel of Mercy
7
Caroline Herschel was the first woman to:
Publish a book on astronomy
Walk on the moon
Win the Nobel Prize in Physics
Discover a comet
8
What did Maria Mitchell discover while observing the night sky in 1847?
A black hole
A new planet
A comet
A supernova
9
In addition to writing children's books, Beatrix Potter was also a respected:
Physicist
Engineer
Mycologist
Chemist
10
Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman to:
Win a Nobel Prize in Medicine
Develop the polio vaccine
Graduate from medical school in the U.S.
Perform open-heart surgery
11
Margaret Huggins was a pioneer in which scientific technique?
Radiocarbon dating
Quantum mechanics
X-ray imaging
Spectroscopy
12
Ada Lovelace is often considered the first computer programmer because she wrote about:
A mathematical formula for flight
The first AI system
Instructions for Charles Babbage’s Analytical Engine
The first electronic calculator
13
What was Mary Somerville famous for?
Inventing the telescope
Discovering the electron
Popularizing scientific concepts in books
Writing the first book on evolution

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