Guess the Genius

Clue Card #5

10 POINTS

Elaine, Nica, Christine and Natalia
– Born 1672, son to Earl of Cork in Ireland
– Discovered first of gas laws, relating the pressure of a gas to its volume
– Established that electric forces are transmitted through vacuum but sound is not
– Published book named ‘Sceptical Chymist’


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(Abdi)Nucleus

3 POINTS

Question: What is a nucleus composed of and which scientists helped discover it?

Answer: It’s composed of protons and neutrons and the scientists were Rutherford and Gieger


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Theory (JAKS)

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-Discovered the effect of temperature on paramagnetism known as Curie’s Law.
-Discovered Material Constant in Curie’s Law is the Curie Constant.


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Guess the Genius

Clue Card #18

10 POINTS

Elaine, Nica, Christine and Natalia
-Created theory about atomic structures and radiation emission
-Developed the Bohr model which theorized that electrons revolve around the nucleus in an orbit and can jump from one energy level to another
-Won the 1922 Nobel Prize in physics


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Guess the Genius

Clue Card #13

10 POINTS

Elaine, Nica, Christine and Natalia
– Born: February 8th 1834 in Verkhnie Aremzyani, Russia
– Created “far-sighted” version of periodic table of elements and used it to correct properties of some already discovered elements
– Founder of Russian Chemical Society


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Guess the Genius

Robert Boyle

10 POINTS

Elaine, Nica, Christine and Natalia


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