- 1. What year was John Dalton born?
A) 1699
B) 1766
C) 1789
D) 1856
- 2. In which country was John Dalton born?
A) England
B) Germany
C) United States
D) France
- 3. Which branch of science did John Dalton significantly contribute to?
A) Chemistry
B) Geology
C) Botany
D) Astronomy
- 4. What is the name of John Dalton's book where he first proposed his atomic theory?
A) The Origin of Species
B) A New System of Chemical Philosophy
C) On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres
D) Principia Mathematica
- 5. What job did John Dalton hold for most of his life?
A) Sailor
B) Farmer
C) Blacksmith
D) Teacher
- 6. Which university awarded John Dalton an honorary doctorate in 1832?
A) Sorbonne University
B) Heidelberg University
C) University of Oxford
D) Harvard University
- 7. Which law of chemistry is often attributed to John Dalton?
A) Boyle's Law
B) Law of Multiple Proportions
C) Avogadro's Law
D) Charles's Law
- 8. Which city did John Dalton spend most of his life working in?
A) Manchester
B) Birmingham
C) London
D) Glasgow
- 9. What was the occupation of John Dalton's father?
A) Politician
B) Weaver
C) Doctor
D) Military Officer
- 10. John Dalton's atomic theory proposed that all matter is made up of tiny indivisible particles called what?
A) Atoms
B) Protons
C) Electrons
D) Molecules
- 11. Which fellow scientist of John Dalton independently discovered the Law of Multiple Proportions?
A) Boyle
B) Berzelius
C) Lavoisier
D) Faraday
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