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