Innovative Women in STEM
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Who is instrumental in the development of GPS?
Gladys West
(wrong answers:
Rosalind Franklin,
Dr. Hayat Sindi,
Tu Youyou)
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Ann Makosinki invented a flashlight that runs on
body heat
(wrong answers:
batteries,
an electrical outlet,
french fry oil)
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Which three computer scientists used their Maths skills to help NASA’s early space missions?
Katherine Johnson
(wrong answers:
Dorothy Vaughan,
Alice Ball,
Mary Jackson)
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Sylvia Earle loved diving into the deepest parts of the ocean. She called her favorite place the Earth’s _______.
blue heart
(wrong answers:
blue brain,
giant heart,
seaweed center)
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Mae Jemison was the first Black woman to travel into
space
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Maria Sibylla Merian was a naturalist who studied how caterpillars turn into butterfl ies. This process is called ______.
metamorphosis
(wrong answers:
photosynthesis,
evolution,
puberty)
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Who was the first women to win a Nobel Prize?
Maria Curie