Exploring Medicine Chapters 16-19

Question 1

Roentgen called his discovery x-rays because they were

Answer 1

unknown

Question 2

Gerhard Domagk studied uses of dyes in

Answer 2

medicine

Question 3

Has the study of x-rays had an impact on the world today?

Answer 3

yes

Question 4

developed vaccination

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Edward Jenner

Question 5

The one who discovered that pitchblend is radioactive was

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Henri Becquerel

Question 6

The treatment of President Franklin Roosevelt’s son

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made newspaper headlines

Question 7

Christian Eijkman went to ___ to treat beriberi

Answer 7

Java in the Pacific

Question 8

discovered x-rays

Answer 8

Wilhelm Roentgen

Question 9

was the first to experiment with high-voltage electrical discharge in a vacuum tube

Answer 9

William Crookes

Question 10

fought infection by keeping bacteria out of the body

Answer 10

Joseph Lister

Question 11

The year 1895 marked the first year of the

Answer 11

second scientific revolution

Question 12

Pitchblende is an ore of

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uranium

Question 13

Did Christian Eijkman first believe beriberi to be a dietary disease?

Answer 13

no

Question 14

Is a radioactive element used to coat bullets?

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no

Question 15

warned about the dangers of x-rays

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Thomas Edison

Question 16

the first person to glimpse bacteria

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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek

Question 17

Becquerel’s film was exposed by

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an ore on his desk

Question 18

What are some ways x-rays can be used?

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find bullets in a body

tell if a leg is broken

find decayed spots on teeth

Question 19

X-rays are actually streams of

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high-power light rays

Question 20

Christian Eijkman concluded that beriberi could be prevented by

Answer 20

eating brown rice

Question 21

The one who coined the name radioactivity

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Marie Curie

Question 22

Beriberi means

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I cannot

Question 23

Why did Dr. Domagk refuse the Nobel Prize?

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Hitler ordered him to turn it down

Question 24

invented a barium sulfate milk shake to show soft body parts by x-rays

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Walter Cannon

Question 25

The one who discovered x-rays

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Wilhelm Roentgen

Question 26

served as a medic during World War I

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Gerhard Domagk

Question 27

brought news of sulfa drugs to America

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Perrin H. Long

Question 28

Iodine in the diet prevents what?

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goiter

Question 29

Can a lack of vitamins and minerals in the diet cause serious ilnesses?

Answer 29

yes

Question 30

Cathode rays are actualy streams of

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high speed electrons