Name: ________________________________
1/7/14
Can you match the chemist with the correct discovery?
Write the letter of the discovery next to the name of the chemist
Chemists
_______ Marie Curie
_______ Henry Cavendish
_______ Niels Bohr
_______ Rosalind Franklin
_______ Francis Crick
_______ Robert Boyle
_______ Charles Hall
_______ Enrico Fermi
_______ Dmitri Mendeleev
_______ Daniel Rutherford
_______ Alfred Nobel
_______ Julius Oppenheimer
_______ William Ramsey
_______ Joseph John Thomson
Discoveries
A. Developed a model of the atom. Discovered that electrons travel in separate
orbits around the nucleus. The chemical element bohrium (Bh) is named
for him.
B. Discovered hydrogen (H) and discovered the composition of water.
C. Helped create the scientific method. Developed a law which describes the
relationship between pressure and volume within a gas
D. Discovered the molecular structure of DNA with James Watson in 1951
E. Discovered radium, polonium, and studied radioactivity. Became the first
person to be awarded two Nobel Prizes. Brought up in Poland before
eventually moving to France.
F. An X-ray crystallographer, who helped the world understand the molecular
structures of DNA, RNA, viruses, coal, and graphite.
a. Crystallography: Mapping atoms by looking at the image of a crystal
under an X-ray beam
G. Discovered an inexpensive method for the production of aluminum, which
brought the metal into wide commercial use in 1889.
H. Invented the periodic table; a way for ordering elements based on their
properties.
I. Discovered the electron
J. Discovered dynamite and created over 350 other inventions. Started the
Nobel Prize. Nobelium is named after him.
K. Won the Nobel Prize in 1938 for his work in radioactivity. Built the first
nuclear reactor.
L. “The father of the atomic bomb”. American nuclear physicist and director of
the Los Alamos Laboratory (Manhattan Project). Inventor of the atomic
bomb.
M. Discoverd argon, krypton, neon and xenon. He also demonstrated that
these gases, along with helium and radon, makes the noble gases; a family
of new elements. Ramsay won the 1904 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
N. Discovered Nitrogen in 1772
Name: _____Answer Key__________________
1/7/14
Can you match the chemist with the correct discovery?
Write the letter of the discovery next to the name of the chemist
Chemists
____A___ Niels Bohr
____B___ Henry Cavendish
___C____ Robert Boyle
___D____ Francis Crick
____E___ Marie Curie
____F___ Rosalind Franklin
____G___ Charles Hall
____H___ Dmitri Mendeleev
___I____ Joseph John Thomson
___J____ Alfred Nobel
___K____ Enrico Fermi
____L___ Julius Oppenheimer
___M____ William Ramsey
___N____ Daniel Rutherford
Discoveries
A. Developed a model of the atom. Discovered that electrons travel in separate
orbits around the nucleus. The chemical element bohrium (Bh) is named
for him.
B. Discovered hydrogen (H) and discovered the composition of water.
C. Helped create the scientific method. Developed a law which describes the
relationship between pressure and volume within a gas
D. Discovered the molecular structure of DNA with James Watson in 1951
E. Discovered radium, polonium, and studied radioactivity. Became the first
person to be awarded two Nobel Prizes. Brought up in Poland before
eventually moving to France.
F. An X-ray crystallographer, who helped the world understand the molecular
structures of DNA, RNA, viruses, coal, and graphite.
a. Crystallography: Mapping atoms by looking at the image of a crystal
under an X-ray beam
G. Discovered an inexpensive method for the production of aluminum, which
brought the metal into wide commercial use in 1889.
H. Invented the periodic table; a way for ordering elements based on their
properties.
I. Discovered the electron
J. Discovered dynamite and created over 350 other inventions. Started the
Nobel Prize. Nobelium is named after him.
K. Won the Nobel Prize in 1938 for his work in radioactivity. Built the first
nuclear reactor.
L. “The father of the atomic bomb”. American nuclear physicist and director of
the Los Alamos Laboratory (Manhattan Project). Inventor of the atomic
bomb.
M. Discoverd argon, krypton, neon and xenon. He also demonstrated that
these gases, along with helium and radon, makes the noble gases; a family
of new elements. Ramsay won the 1904 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
N. Discovered Nitrogen in 1772