People in Science Who am I?
I am the father of modern genetics. I was
a monk in a monastery where I grew pea
plants and developed the principles of
dominance, segregation and independent
assortment. Who am I?
Gregor Mendel
I was the first to look at animal cells under
the light microscope. I aided in developing
the 3 main ideas of cell theory. Who am I?
Theodore Schwaan
I was the first to look at plant cells
under the light microscope. I aided in
developing the 3 main ideas of cell theory.
Who am I?
I coined the term “cells” from looking at
cork samples. I aided in developing the 3
main ideas of cell theory.
I invented the first simple light
microscopes in the 1700s. Who am I?
I developed the theory of natural selection
through my travels on the HMS Beagle to
the Galapagos Islands where I studied
adaptive radiation in Finches. I am
sometimes referred to as the father of
evolution. Who am I?
Together we discovered the double helix
shape of DNA and cracked the genetic
code. Who are we?
I wrote Silent Spring as a protest against
the pesticides and chemicals companies
and the government were putting into the
environment. I sounded the alarm for
responsible treatment of the environment.
Who am I?
Matthias Schleiden
Robert Hooke
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Charles Darwin
James Watson and Francis Crick
Rachel Carson
I am the head of many cancer associations
as one of the oldest, most accomplished
African American cancer researchers ever.
Who am I?
I invented a blood preservation technique
in which the plasma (or liquid part of the
blood) is separated from the red blood cells
that is still used today. Who am I?
I am a research scientist who traveled to the
forests of Africa to study primate
behavior. I was one of the first to take a
humanistic attitude towards animal
behavior research. Who am I?
I disproved the idea of spontaneous
generation by placing two jars of rotting
meat to the air, one with a lid and one
without. I found that maggots only
appeared in one, the one in which flies
could land. Who am I?
I supported the idea of biogenesis by my
curved flask experiment. I found that
microorganisms found in dirt that could
enter the flask would cause the broth to
spoil where air (which supposedly carried
the “vital force”) did not cause it to spoil.
My name is carried in a process to keep
milk fresh. Who am I?
I found that by combining amino acids
and electrical current that protocells
would form. Who am I?
I hypothesized that early life came from the
oceans. Who am I?
We found that methane, ammonia, and
hydrogen, gases from early earth with
electricity forms amino acids. Who are
we?
Dr. Jane Cooke Wright
Dr. Charles Drew
Dr. Jane Goodall
Francesco Redi
Louis Pasteur
Sidney Fox
Alexander Oparin
Stanley Miller & Harold Urey
I created the system of binomial
nomenclature where every organism is
given a unique scientific name in Latin. It
is their genus and species. Who am I?
Carolus Linnaeus
I am an early scientist who studied the
development of characteristics over time.
Who am I?
Jean Lamarck
I developed the theory that the human
population would grow faster than the
Earth’s food supply. This helped Darwin
realize his ideas of survival of the fittest.
Who am I?
Thomas Malthus
I am one of the first to see that cell
structure is part of cell division. (I was
talking about the nucleus.) Who am I?
Rudolf Virchow
I worked with Charles Darwin by my own
studies of populations near Indonesia in the
Pacific Ocean. Darwin published his book
Origin of the Species before I could.
Who am I?
Alfred Russell Wallace