She died on July 4, 1934, because of radiation from her experiments, which led to her contraction of aplastic anemia, an incurable blood disease.
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Pick which subjects Marie studied at the Sorbonne:
A. Math, biology, and chemistry
B. Engineering, physics, and math
C. Nuclear physics, biology, and chemistry
D. Physics, chemistry, and math
D. Physics, Chemistry, and math
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Marie found that the more uranium you have, _________________.
A. the more radiation you have
B. the less radiation you have
C. the easier it is to experiment with it
D. the harder it is to experiment with it
A. the more radiation you have
Since uranium is radioactive, the more uranium you have, the more radioactive activity all around it.
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Marie dedicated her life to science and made many amazing revelations, though she did not make any profits from her discoveries. She and Pierre didn't copyright any of their work. Why?
They believed that everyone should be able to access their discoveries and learn from them, so they left their studies to the public.
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Who was the first person to win 2 Nobel Prizes in 2 separate categories?
Marie Curie!
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What scientific term is Marie credited with coining?
"Radioactivity." She used this word in an article she published about her discovery of Polonium and Radium.
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Marie Curie earned a PhD in what subject?
Physics.
FUN FACT: She was the first woman in France to earn a doctorate of that rank.
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What 2 radioactive elements did Marie discover?
Radium (Ra) and Polonium (Po).
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Marie managed to extract radium from pitchblende, a radioactive ore. This meant she worked with lots of radioactive materials, which caused her and Pierre to become gravely ill. What did we learn from this today?
Radiation is dangerous and toxic.
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Marie Curie created a unit of measurement for measuring radioactive emissions. What was it called?
A "curie." It was named after herself and her deceased husband, Pierre.