Name and then match the statements below with the scientist's photo.
Printable Famous Scientists puzzle
Statement number | Statement | Name | Photo letter |
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Statement number 1) | Statement A quantity of energy is equivalent to a quantity of mass times the square of the speed of light. | Name | Photo letter |
Statement number 2) | Statement A quantity of energy is equivalent to a quantity of mass times the square of the speed of light. | Name | Photo letter |
Statement number 3) | Statement At a constant temperature, the amount of gas dissolved in a liquid is directly proportional to the partial pressure of that gas. | Name | Photo letter |
Statement number 4) | Statement At a constant temperature, the volume of a given quantity of any gas varies inversely to the pressure to which the gas is subjected | Name | Photo letter |
Statement number 5) | Statement At a constant volume, the pressure of a given quantity of any gas is directly proportional to the absolute temperature. | Name | Photo letter |
Statement number 6) | Statement Certain elements contain an unstable atomic nucleus which loses energy by emitting radiation. | Name | Photo letter |
Statement number 7) | Statement Electrons occupy orbitals in the same energy level such that the number of electrons with the same spin direction is as large as possible. | Name | Photo letter |
Statement number 8) | Statement Equal quantities of electric charge or discharge equivalent quantities of ions at each electrode. | Name | Photo letter |
Statement number 9) | Statement Equal volumes of diffused gases at the same pressure and temperature contain the same number of particles. | Name | Photo letter |
Statement number 10) | Statement If some stress is introduced to a dynamic equilibrium, the system changes to relieve that stress and return to a dynamic equilibrium. | Name | Photo letter |
Statement number 11) | Statement Light passing through a colloidal suspension will become visible due to being scattered by the particles. | Name | Photo letter |
Statement number 12) | Statement Pressure exerted to any point upon a confined liquid is transmitted undiminished in all directions. | Name | Photo letter |
Statement number 13) | Statement Stretching, amplifying and then compressing a laser beam could boost the intensity of the light dramatically. | Name | Photo letter |
Statement number 14) | Statement The relative rates of effusion of gases under the same conditions are inversely proportional to the square roots of the molar masses of these gases. | Name | Photo letter |
Statement number 15) | Statement The total pressure of a mixture of non-reacting gases equals the sum of the partial pressure of each gas. | Name | Photo letter |
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Enter your students’ correct solutions into a draw on or before March 1, 2019. The prize is a Liquid Light Demo to be awarded to the teacher. The prize is donated by Educational Innovations. Please have your students print their names clearly and send your students’ solutions to: Chem 13 News, Famous scientists, Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1, Canada; or email kjackson@uwaterloo.ca.
Portraits were taken from https://commons.wikimedia.org except for (b,m,n) respectively as follows:
(b) By GFHund [CC BY 3.0] from Wikimedia Commons
(m) Palace of Versailles from Wikimedia Commons
(n) By University of Rochester, brochure created by Carlos Stroud. Image provided by Rhonda Stroud, with permission from Carlos Stroud. [CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons