Lead Research and Environmental Impact

Lead Research and Environmental Impact

Assessment

Interactive Video

Physics, Chemistry, Science, History

9th - 12th Grade

Hard

Created by

Lucas Foster

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The video explores the history of lead usage and its toxic effects, highlighting Clair Patterson's pivotal role in determining Earth's age using radiometric dating. Patterson's work revealed widespread lead contamination, leading to his activism against lead in gasoline. His efforts contributed to significant environmental policy changes, ultimately reducing lead pollution and saving lives.

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was one of the main reasons lead was used extensively in the 20th century?

It was a cheap material.

It was believed to be non-toxic.

It helped in improving engine performance.

It was a rare and valuable metal.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was the scientist that revisited the idea of Earth as a cooling body in the 19th century?

Albert Einstein

William Thomson

Clair Patterson

Georges Louis Leclerc

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why is carbon-14 not suitable for dating the age of the Earth?

It is not found in rocks.

Its half-life is too short.

It decays into a non-measurable element.

It is too abundant in the atmosphere.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the main challenge Patterson faced when using zircons for uranium-lead dating?

Zircons decayed too quickly.

Finding zircons with no uranium.

Contamination from external lead sources.

Zircons were too rare to find.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the significance of using meteorites in Patterson's research?

They were abundant and easy to find.

They were easier to date than zircons.

They provided a reliable age for Earth.

They contained no lead.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was one of the key factors that helped Patterson determine the age of the Earth?

The invention of the telescope.

The discovery of new isotopes.

The development of new mathematical models.

The use of a mass spectroscope.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did Patterson discover about lead levels in remote regions like the Arctic?

They were unaffected by human activity.

They were the same as in urban areas.

They were 300 times higher than in the 1700s.

They were decreasing over time.

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