Famous Scientists and Pioneers Quiz
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Valentina Tereshkova is the first woman to fly in ______.

space

She volunteered for the Soviet space program in ______.

1961

Valentina flew in the space capsule ______.

Vostok 6

After her flight, Tereshkova was awarded the title of Hero of the ______.

<p>Soviet Union</p> Signup and view all the answers

She completed ______ orbits of Earth during her flight.

<p>48</p> Signup and view all the answers

Patricia Bath was the first female ______ at UCLA's Jules Stein Eye Institute in 1975.

<p>ophthalmologist</p> Signup and view all the answers

In 1986, Patricia Bath completed the ______, a key invention in cataract surgery.

<p>Laserphaco Probe</p> Signup and view all the answers

Patricia Bath co-founded the American Institute for the Prevention of ______ in 1976.

<p>Blindness</p> Signup and view all the answers

Patricia Bath was born in ______, New York.

<p>Harlem</p> Signup and view all the answers

In 1983, she became the first US woman to establish and direct an ophthalmology residency training ______.

<p>program</p> Signup and view all the answers

Stephen Hawking was diagnosed with ______ in 1963.

<p>ALS</p> Signup and view all the answers

Hawking became Cambridge's Lucasian Professor of ______ in 1979.

<p>Mathematics</p> Signup and view all the answers

Hawking suggested that the Universe started from a ______.

<p>singularity</p> Signup and view all the answers

Stephen Hawking communicated through a computer linked to a speech ______.

<p>synthesizer</p> Signup and view all the answers

In 1988, Hawking published A Brief History of ______.

<p>Time</p> Signup and view all the answers

The concept of 'black holes' was coined in ______.

<p>1967</p> Signup and view all the answers

The Universe could have started from a ______.

<p>singularity</p> Signup and view all the answers

Hawking's key discovery in 1974 predicted that black holes emit ______.

<p>heat</p> Signup and view all the answers

Stephen Hawking's theories were refined to account for ______ mechanics.

<p>quantum</p> Signup and view all the answers

Hawking's work explored how the Universe ______.

<p>began</p> Signup and view all the answers

The negatively charged particle falls into the black hole, while the positively charged half streams away as ______.

<p>radiation</p> Signup and view all the answers

Over time, black holes lose energy and mass in a process called black hole ______.

<p>evaporation</p> Signup and view all the answers

Roger Penrose collaborated with Stephen Hawking to prove that black holes can arise from the gravitational collapse of ______ stars.

<p>massive</p> Signup and view all the answers

Penrose created a way of mapping the regions of ______ around a black hole.

<p>space-time</p> Signup and view all the answers

Hawking's discovery that black holes emit thermal ______ due to quantum effects was significant.

<p>radiation</p> Signup and view all the answers

Hawking's formula for Hawking radiation was initially ______ by many of his peers.

<p>rejected</p> Signup and view all the answers

In 1979, Hawking was appointed Lucasian Professor of ______ at Cambridge University.

<p>Mathematics</p> Signup and view all the answers

Hawking authored several popular science books, including A Brief History of ______.

<p>Time</p> Signup and view all the answers

Hawking received the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, which is worth ______ million dollars.

<p>3</p> Signup and view all the answers

Hawking calculated that time, space, energy, and matter began from a single dense point of energy, known as a ______.

<p>singularity</p> Signup and view all the answers

Despite his disabilities, Hawking continued research on black holes and received numerous ______ and honors for his contributions.

<p>accolades</p> Signup and view all the answers

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