Timeline: Ernest Rutherford

Questions

1. Read a timeline According to the timeline, what happened in 1919?

   Became the first woman in East and Central Africa to earn a doctorate Began working as a mathematician at the agency that later became NASA Began studying why wine and milk spoiled Became head of the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge
2. Read a timeline In what year did this happen? "Won a scholarship to study at Cambridge University in England."

   1911 1908 1937 1895
3. Read a timeline On the timeline, what happened next after "Won a scholarship to study at Cambridge University in England"?

   Rutherford is born in Brightwater, New Zealand Showed that every atom has a tiny, heavy center called a nucleus Became head of the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge Won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
4. Read a timeline According to the timeline, where was Ernest Rutherford born?

   Decatur, Alabama Lyme Regis, England Diamond, Missouri Brightwater, New Zealand
5. Timeline math How many years does the timeline cover from the first event after birth to the last event in the list?

   19 34 25 24
6. Text features Why is a timeline a good way to show this information?

   It explains the meaning of words. It shows where places are on a map. It shows events in the order they happened. It shows how big things are.

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