Marie Curie - Newsela

Which section highlights the idea that Marie Curie's work had a great impact on the field of medicine?

• A"Radiant discoveries"

• A "Chemistry of the invisible"

• A "second Nobel Prize"

• A "Place in the periodic table"

Select the paragraph from the section "A woman of distinction" that explains how receiving the Nobel Prize improved Marie and Pierre Curie's lives.

• In 1903, Marie received her doctorate degree in physics, which was the first Ph.D. awarded to a woman in France. For their discovery of radioactivity, the couple won the Nobel Prize ...

• After many years of hard work and struggle, the Curies had achieved great fame. But there was one serious problem. Both of them suffered from what later was recognized as radiation sickness ...

• The Nobel contributed to a better life for the couple: Pierre became a professor at the Sorbonne, and Marie became a teacher at a women's college. The Sorbonne still did not allow ...

• In 1904, Marie gave birth to Eve, the couple's second daughter. But on April 19, 1906, this happy period came to a tragic end. On a busy street, Pierre Curie was hit by a horse-drawn carriage...

Which of the following details is MOST important to the development of the main idea of the article?

• Marie Curie struggling to recover from the death of her husband

• Marie Curie receiving her doctorate degree in physics

• Marie Curie devising "a chemistry of the invisible"

• Maria Curie first signing her name as "Marie"

Which of the following sentences from the article BEST develops a central idea?

• Maria knew she would have to leave Poland to further her studies.

• Marie Curie, and other scientists of her time, knew that everything in nature is made up of elements.

• Marie’s findings contradicted the widely held belief that atoms were solid and unchanging.

• Only 39 years old when she was widowed, Marie lost her partner in work and life.