Progress in the exact and natural sciences
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Write 5 sentences about Marie Curie’s life and discoveries.
Born in Poland, worked in Paris, isolated polonium and radium, and won Nobel Prizes in physics (1903) and chemistry (1911).
2
Explain the importance of the X-ray apparatus in medicine.
It allows fractures and internal injuries to be seen without surgery.
3
Write about the work that founded genetics and its rediscovery.
Mendel experimented with peas and found laws of heredity (1866); his work was rediscovered in 1900.
4
Draw up a short outline of an essay on the importance of Darwin’s theory.
The Beagle voyage, observations, natural selection, the 1859 book, debates in science and society.
5
Why did science divide into fields and become more specialised?
Knowledge grew and experiments became more complex, so separate fields such as physical chemistry and genetics appeared.