X-RAYS MARIE CURIE

Question 1

Who was Marie Curie?

Answer 1

A Polish chemist who worked on radioactivity

Question 2

What is 1 scientific element that Marie Curie discovered?

Answer 2

Polonium

Question 3

What is another scientific element that Marie Curie discovered?

Answer 3

Radium

Question 4

When did Marie Curie announce her discover?

Answer 4

1898

Question 5

What did Marie Curie’s work contribute to?

Answer 5

The development of X-rays in surgery (X-ray machines)

Question 6

How did Marie Curie contribute to the advancement of medicine?

Answer 6

She led research into using radioactivity to shrink tumours

Question 7

What was the development of Curie’s work with radioactivity and tumors?

Answer 7

She first placed radium close to the tumour and then placed radium into the tumour itself

Question 8

What was the impact of Curie’s work?

Answer 8

Her work is the BASIS for RADIOTHERAPY which is still used as a treatment against cancer today!

Question 9

Like Rontgen what did Marie Curie do?

Answer 9

She did NOT patent her work so doctors could use her work freely

Question 10

Why was Curie not patenting her work a positive to the advancement of medicine?

Answer 10

Doctors experimented with the use of radioactivity and testing it as a treatment for EPILEPSY and acne