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Marie Curie

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where was Marie Curie born?

a)

Paris, France

b)

London, UK

c)

Warsaw, Poland

d)

Prague, Check Republic

2.

What was her parents' job?

a)

Scientists

b)

Teachers

c)

Builders

d)

Housekeepers

3.

Did she attend University ?

a)

Yes she did

b)

No she did not

4.

Which university did she attend?

(De quelle université a-t-elle suivi les cours?)

a)

Warsow University

b)

Havard University

c)

New York University

d)

Sorbone University

5.

With her husband Pierre, Marie created the term...

a)

radioactivity

b)

X-rays

c)

X-men

d)

stereoactivity

6.

What prizes did Marie Curie win?

a)

Nobel Peace Price

b)

Nobel Prize in Physics

c)

Nobel Prize in Chemistry

d)

Nobel Prize in Literature

7.

Marie was friend with a very famous scientist. Who was it?

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

Charles Darwin

c)

Albert Einstein

d)

Nikola Tesla

8.

Why didn't people in Marie Curie's time realize radioactivity could be harmful?

a)

It had just been discovered, and all its properties were not yet known

b)

The Curies made several errors in their experiments

c)

People had experimented with it for centuries with no ill effects

d)

Most people back then were poorly educated

9.

Marie helped establish a radium Institute in Paris.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

With her husband Pierre, Marie created the term...

a)

radioactivity

b)

X-rays

c)

X-men

d)

stereoactivity

11.

Marie and Pierre Curie won a Nobel Prize in ....... in 1903.

a)

Maths

b)

Physics

c)

Chemistry

d)

Biology

12.

What was the name of Marie's husband?

a)

Jean-Claude

b)

Phillipe

c)

Alfred

d)

Pierre

13.
What was the full name of Marie Curie ?
a)
Marie Antoinette
b)
Marie Salomea Sklodowska
c)
Marie Curry
d)
Marie Pasta Curie
14.
What did she discover ?
a)
the atomic bomb
b)
America
c)
the existence of  polonium and radium
d)

fissile uranium

15.

How did Marie´s husband die?

a)

From a heart attack

b)

Burned in his lab

c)

A horse-drawn carriage ran him over

16.

4- How old was she when she died

a)

a) 76

b)

b) 91

c)

c) 67

d)

d) 34

17.

Curie helped soldiers during World War I by...

a)

donating money to charities.

b)

negotiating peace talks with Germany.

c)

developing portable X-ray machines.

d)

inventing atomic weapons.

18.

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

a)

True

b)

False