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