Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

Which of these scientists has an element named for them?

  1. Nikola Tesla

  2. Benjamin Franklin

  3. John Dalton

  4. Dmitri Mendeleyev
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Dmitri Mendeleyev has element 101 (Mendelevium) named after him, discovered in 1955. Tesla is honored with the tesla unit for magnetic field strength, not an element. Dalton and Franklin, while important chemists/physicists, do not have elements named for them.

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