WGU C389 (questions well answered)
graded A+ 2025/2026
Copernicus - correct answer ✔✔Devised a model of the universe with the Sun at the center, and
not earth. 1543
Galileo - correct answer ✔✔He was the first person to use a telescope to observe objects in
space. 1609
Kepler - correct answer ✔✔German astronomer who first stated laws of planetary motion 1619
Leeuwenhoek - correct answer ✔✔Invented the microscope 1675
Newton - correct answer ✔✔Laws of motion and gravity 1687
Linnaeus - correct answer ✔✔Planetary Classification system 1735
Messier - correct answer ✔✔Many of the most famous Deep Sky Objects were observed and
catalogued 1771
Herschel - correct answer ✔✔discovered Uranus in 1781
Cuvier - correct answer ✔✔believed that the extinction of species was possible 1796
M. Schleden - correct answer ✔✔Plants have cells 1838
, Darwin - correct answer ✔✔English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by
natural selection 1859
Pasteur - correct answer ✔✔germ theory of disease 1861
Tyndell - correct answer ✔✔Greenhouse effect 1861
Mendell - correct answer ✔✔Father of genetics 1865
Einstein - correct answer ✔✔theory of relativity 1905
Bohr - correct answer ✔✔atomic structure 1913
Planck - correct answer ✔✔frequency and energy relationship in radiation. 1920
Flemming - correct answer ✔✔discovered penicillin 1929
Avery - correct answer ✔✔genes are composed of DNA found on chromosomes 1943
Gey - correct answer ✔✔Propagated 1st line of cancer cells 1951
Watson and Crick - correct answer ✔✔Developed the double helix model of DNA. 1953
Rosalind Franklin - correct answer ✔✔Woman who generated x-ray images of DNA, she
provided Watson and Crick with key data about DNA in 1953
Salk - correct answer ✔✔Polio vaccine 1955
graded A+ 2025/2026
Copernicus - correct answer ✔✔Devised a model of the universe with the Sun at the center, and
not earth. 1543
Galileo - correct answer ✔✔He was the first person to use a telescope to observe objects in
space. 1609
Kepler - correct answer ✔✔German astronomer who first stated laws of planetary motion 1619
Leeuwenhoek - correct answer ✔✔Invented the microscope 1675
Newton - correct answer ✔✔Laws of motion and gravity 1687
Linnaeus - correct answer ✔✔Planetary Classification system 1735
Messier - correct answer ✔✔Many of the most famous Deep Sky Objects were observed and
catalogued 1771
Herschel - correct answer ✔✔discovered Uranus in 1781
Cuvier - correct answer ✔✔believed that the extinction of species was possible 1796
M. Schleden - correct answer ✔✔Plants have cells 1838
, Darwin - correct answer ✔✔English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by
natural selection 1859
Pasteur - correct answer ✔✔germ theory of disease 1861
Tyndell - correct answer ✔✔Greenhouse effect 1861
Mendell - correct answer ✔✔Father of genetics 1865
Einstein - correct answer ✔✔theory of relativity 1905
Bohr - correct answer ✔✔atomic structure 1913
Planck - correct answer ✔✔frequency and energy relationship in radiation. 1920
Flemming - correct answer ✔✔discovered penicillin 1929
Avery - correct answer ✔✔genes are composed of DNA found on chromosomes 1943
Gey - correct answer ✔✔Propagated 1st line of cancer cells 1951
Watson and Crick - correct answer ✔✔Developed the double helix model of DNA. 1953
Rosalind Franklin - correct answer ✔✔Woman who generated x-ray images of DNA, she
provided Watson and Crick with key data about DNA in 1953
Salk - correct answer ✔✔Polio vaccine 1955
