Marie Curie and Spooky Rays: Crash Course History of Science

The video explores the life and legacy of Marie Curie, highlighting her groundbreaking work in radioactivity and her achievements as the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. It reviews the state of physics before her time, the discovery of X-rays by Rontgen, and Becquerel's research on radioactivity. Marie Curie's journey from education to her significant scientific contributions is detailed, including her discoveries of polonium and radium. The video also acknowledges the impact of other notable women scientists in the early 1900s.

What was Marie Curie the first woman to achieve?

• Develop the theory of relativity

• Discover a new element

• Become a university professor

• Win a Nobel Prize

What did Rontgen discover while experimenting with cathode rays?

• Thermodynamics

• Electromagnetism

• X-rays

• Radioactivity

What did Becquerel use to discover that uranium emits radiation?

• A Geiger counter

• A photographic plate

• A cathode ray tube

• A spectrometer

What was one of the medical applications of radiation discovered by early researchers?

• Fighting cancer

• Curing blindness

• Treating infections

• Healing broken bones

What did Marie Curie name the process of decay that releases energy?

• Electromagnetism

• Radioactivity

• Fusion

• Fission

Where did Marie Curie conduct her early experiments on radioactivity?

• In a shed

• In a university lab

• In a government facility

• In a hospital

Which element did Marie Curie name after her homeland?

• Radium

• Polonium

• Thorium

• Uranium

What did Marie Curie and her husband Pierre discover together?

• The electron

• The neutron

• Polonium and radium

• The proton

What was one of Marie Curie's contributions during the Great War?

• Training soldiers

• Setting up mobile radiography units

• Designing military strategies

• Developing new weapons

Who was another notable female scientist mentioned in the transcript?

• Lise Meitner

• Ada Lovelace

• Rosalind Franklin

• Alice Ball