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