- 1. What year was John Dalton born?
A) 1856
B) 1699
C) 1789
D) 1766
- 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) Chemistry
B) Astronomy
C) Botany
D) Geology
- 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) A New System of Chemical Philosophy
C) Principia Mathematica
D) The Origin of Species
- 5. What was the occupation of John Dalton's father?
A) Doctor
B) Politician
C) Military Officer
D) Weaver
- 6. Which law of chemistry is often attributed to John Dalton?
A) Charles's Law
B) Boyle's Law
C) Law of Multiple Proportions
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) Berzelius
B) Lavoisier
C) Boyle
D) Faraday
- 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) Harvard University
C) Sorbonne University
D) Heidelberg 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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