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Marie Curie's Contributions to Science

Marie Curie's Contributions to Science

Assessment

Interactive Video

Social Studies

8th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

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8 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How many Nobel Prizes did Marie Curie win in total?

One

Two

Three

Four

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did Wilhelm Röntgen discover when he noticed a piece of cardboard glowing near his cathode ray tube?

Cathode rays

Electrons

X-rays

Barium platinocyanide

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What material did Antoine Henri Becquerel use that naturally gave off rays and led to the discovery of radioactivity?

Lead

Radium

Uranium

Barium platinocyanide

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What potential medical use was identified for radioactive substances after Becquerel accidentally burned himself?

To improve vision

To fight cancer

To strengthen bones

To create new elements

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Marie Curie was from Poland, a country that historically faced conflicts with which two nations?

France and Britain

Germany and Russia

Italy and Spain

Austria and Hungary

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why was Marie Curie initially denied a professorship at Jagiellonian University in Krakow?

She lacked the necessary qualifications.

The university did not grant professorships to women.

She was too young for the position.

Her research was not considered important enough.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Marie Curie's theory of radioactivity challenged a long-held scientific belief about atoms. What was this belief?

Atoms were composed of smaller particles.

Atoms were imaginary units of matter.

Atoms were indivisible units of matter.

Atoms could only be found in certain elements.

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