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