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Name the Scientist
Science Olympiad Practice for the event
20
Science
Not Applicable
02/05/2011

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Benjamin Franklin
Definition
Discovered electricity.
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Galileo(gal-uh-ley-oh)
Definition
Created the first telescope. Father of modern astronomy.
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Wilbur Wright (right)
Definition
First flying machine or airplane.
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Thomas Edison
Definition
Invented the lightbulb.
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Alexander Graham Bell
Definition
Invented the first real telephone.
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Edwin Powell Hubble
Definition
Discovered that there are other galaxies outside of our own Milky Way and that the universe is explanding.
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Carolus Linnaeus
Definition
The father of modern taxonomy. He invented the binomial nomenclature for classifying plants and animals.
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George Washington Carver
Definition
Invented many uses for the peanut.
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Sally Ride
Definition
First American woman in space aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger.
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Sir Henry Cavendish
Definition
Discovered "inflammable air" also known as hydrogen.
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Sir Isaac Newton

http://teachertech.rice.edu/Participants/louviere/Newton/newton.html

Definition

Famous for his three laws of motion.

1. The Law of Inertia

2. Heavier objects require more force to move the same distance as a lighter object.

3. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

 

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Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
Definition
Best known for his work on the improvement of the microscope.
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Eli Whitney
Definition
Inventor of the cotton gin.
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Edward Teller
Definition
Developed the first atomic bombs and the hydrogen bomb.
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Robert Goddard
Definition
Created and built the first liquid-fueled rocket.
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Wilhelm Rontgen
Definition
Detected and the first X-rays.
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John James Audubon
Definition
Painted, described, and catalogued all the birds of North America.
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Louis Pasteur
Definition
French chemist who discovered a method for processing milk to reduce the bacteria count.
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James Watt
Definition
A Scottish inventor who made improvements to the seam engine and developed the concept of horsepower and the unit of Watts.
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Sir Humphrey Davy
Definition
A Brittish chemist who is known for his discovery of alkali and alkali earth metals as well as the elements chlorine and iodine.
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