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