Great Scientists Quiz: Test Your Knowledge about Famous Scientists!

1. __the price, you have to pay the sales tax on it. In addition B. Apart from C. except 2. ___ in writing the new poem. Jenny even forgot her dinner Absorbed B. Absorbing C. having absorbed 3. who____ for the pollution of this lake? should blame B. is to be blamed is blamed D. is to blame 4. The reform project ___ by Mr. White___ at the meeting now put forward; is discussed B. has been put forward; is being discussed C. put forward; is being discussed

Unit 1 Great Scientists

What do you know about great scientists? Try this quiz and find out who knows the most.

Let’s do a quiz about some scientists 1. Which scientist discovered that objects in water are lifted up by a force that help them float? “Give me a place to stand on, and I will move the earth” a Greek mathematician [mæθəmə'tɪʃən] Archimedes 阿基米德

Let’s do a quiz about some scientists 2. Who wrote a book explaining how animals and plants developed as the environment changed? The Origin of Species Charles Darwin 达尔文

Let’s do a quiz about some scientists 3. Who invented the first steam engine? Thomas Newcomen 纽科门 Thomas Edison 托马斯爱迪生 Watt 瓦特

Let’s do a quiz about some scientists 4. Who used peas to show how physical characteristics are passed from parents to their children? Madame Curie 居里夫人 Gregor Mendel 门道尔 Isaac Newton 牛顿

Let’s do a quiz about some scientists 5. Who discovered radium in 1898? She received two Nobel Prizes, one for physics and one for chemistry. Madame Curie 居里夫人

Let’s do a quiz about some scientists 6. Who invented the way of giving electricity to everybody in large cities? Thomas Edison 爱迪生

Let’s do a quiz about some scientists 7.Who was the painter that studied dead bodies in order to improve his paintings of people? Leonardo da Vinci达芬奇

Let’s do a quiz about some scientists 8. Who invented a lamp to keep miners safe underground in 1815? Thomas Edison 爱迪生 Watt 瓦特 Sir Humphry Davy 大卫·汉弗莱

Let’s do a quiz about some scientists 9. Who invented the first seismograph to indicate in the direction of an earthquake? Zhang Heng Seismograph ['saizməɡrɑ:f]

Let’s do a quiz about some scientists 10. Who put forward a theory about black holes? Stephen Hawking 霍金

Do you know how to prove a new ideain scientific research? seven stages

A C E D B F G Think about the stages in examining a new scientific idea. A. Draw a conclusion(得出结论) B. Think of a method(找出研究方法) C. Collect results(收集材料) D. Make up a question(形成研究主题) E. Find a problem(发现问题) F. Analyse results(分析材料) G. Find supporting evidence(找出支持的证据)

John Snow 麻醉学流行病英国_______家、________专家。他首次提出了预防______的措施，被认为是 ________的先驱。霍乱流行病学 Q1:What do you know about cholera ? Cholera is a kind of infectious disease caused by polluted water. At the time when John Snow lived, Cholera was the most frightening disease. Q2: What other diseases do you think are similar to Cholera ? SARS; AIDS ; Bird Flu ;甲型H1N1流感

attended her as her personal physician Who is John Snow? a famous doctor in London. What happened to them?

John Snowdefeats“king cholera” What can you learn from the title? 人物：事件： defeats cholera

Reading John Snow defeats “King cholera”

skimming • 1.Who defeats “King Cholera“? • 2. What happened in 1854? • 3. How many people died in 10 days? John Snow Cholera outbreak hit London. 500 4. Why is there no death at No. 20 and 21 Broad Street as well as at No. 8 and 9 Cambridge Street? These families had not drunk the water from the Broad Street pump.

Skimming • What’s the main idea of the passage? • John Snow was a well-known doctor in London. • The cause of Cholera was polluted water. • The source of all drinking water should be examined. • How did John Snow collect, analyze data and find the cause of the disease and solved it .

para.1 CarefulReading: expert John Snow was an doctor in London who Queen Victoria as her personal . He thought about helping ordinary people to cholera. Though the cause and the of it were unknown, he wanted to face the and solve the problem. attended physician exposed cure challenge 2. Why people thought Cholera a deadly disease? Neither its cause, nor its cure was understood.

para.2&3 CarefulReading: • What were the two theories about the cause of cholera? • Which did John Snow want to prove? • What was his method of doing the research? Cholera multiplied in the air. People absorbed cholera into their bodies with their meals. The second one. To gather information in two particular streets.

para.4 CarefulReading: • Why was there no death at No. 20 and 21 Broad Street as well as at No. 8 and 9 Cambridge Street? • What might be the cause? These families had not drunk the water from the Broad Street pump. It seemed that the water was to blame for cholera.

para.5 CarefulReading: • Why did he tell people to remove the handle from the pump? • What happened after the handle was removed? He found that the water for people is polluted, so that it could not be used. The disease slowed down

para.6&7 CarefulReading: • What extra evidence did he find? • What did John Snow suggest ? The polluted water carried the virus He suggested that the source of all the water supplies be examined .

John Snow finally proved the theory he believed by ________. A. gathering information with the help of a map B. looking into the source of the water for Broad Street and Cambridge Street C. separating those who suffered cholera from those who didn’t D. both A and B

find a problem Para 1 Para 2 make up a question think of a method Para 3 collect results Para 4 analyse the results Para 5 Find supporting evidence Para 6 draw a conclusion Match them

(in 5 minutes) Read the passage again and fill in the blanks: John Snow was a well-known ____ in London in the ___ century. He wanted to find the ______ of cholera in order to ______ it. In 1854 when a cholera ____ out, he began to gather information. He _____ on a map where all the dead people had lived and he found that many people who had drunk the dirty water from the ______ died. So he decided that the polluted water carried cholera. He suggested that the _____ of all water supply be _______ and new methods of dealing with polluted water be found. Finally, “King Cholera” was defeated. doctor cause 19th defeat broke marked pump source examined

Great Scientists Quiz: Test Your Knowledge about Famous Scientists!