History
When were X-Rays discovered?
a) 1895
b) 1907
c) 1850
d) 1888
a) 1895
What is the most common use for X-Rays?
Medical imaging
Radiography - to image broken bones, teeth, and the chest, uses the smallest amount of radiation;
Fluoroscopy - used to watch something move in real time, for example the gut
True or False. There are two kind of x-ray waves?
True. There are hard x-ray waves and soft x-ray waves
What is the main concern with the dangers of x-rays?
a) Can harm living tissue
b) Vomiting
c) Cancer
d) Death
a) Can harm living tissue
What type of radiation does an x-ray produce?
a) Artificial
b) Naturally occurring
c) Alpha radiation
d) Beta radiation
b) Naturally occurring
Who discovered X-Rays?
a) Ernest Rutherford
b) Paul Villard
c) Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
d) Leonardo Da Vinci
c) Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (was a Professor at Wuerzburg University in Germany)
Are X-rays used in airports?
a) In older airports, but not in the new renovated ones.
b) No
c) Yes
d) In newer airports, but not the older ones.
c) Yes, X-rays are used in airports for transportation security
What is the frequency range?
a) 2×1016 Hz to 5×1019 Hz
b) 3×1016 Hz to 3×1019 Hz
c) 8×1016 Hz to 9×1019 Hz
d) 1×1016 Hz to 1×1019 Hz
b) 3×1016 Hz to 3×1019 Hz
How much more is the risk of brain cancer and leukemia in children due to CT scans compared to adults?
a) Double
b) Quadruple
c) The same
d) Triple
d) Triple
Which of the following cannot block x-rays?
a) T-shirt
b) Lead
c) 3 meters of concrete
d) Composite metal foams
a) T-shirt
What part of the body was the first to be X-rayed?
Hand, it was a film of the hand of his wife, Bertha
True or false: X-rays can be used to reveal counterfeit art?
True, X-rays can be to reveal counterfeit art as they can show if something has been painted over something else
Energies of X-rays are in the range of ..?
a) 10 eV to 10 keV
b) 30 eV to 50 keV
c) 79 eV to 79 keV
d) 100 eV to 100 keV
d) 100 eV to 100 keV
What are administers trained to do to lower the negative effects x-rays can have on your body?
a) Use the smallest amount of radiation possible
b) Use high amounts of radiation
c) Not use x-rays
d) Use x-rays as much as possible
a) Use the smallest amount of radiation possible
True or false: This discovery was received with extraordinary interest by both laymen & scientists?
True, Scientists everywhere could duplicate his experiment -many dropped other lines of research to pursue these mysterious rays
True or false, X-rays can be used to study gems?
False, X-rays are not used to study gems, but they are used to study crystals (called crystallography) and they use x-rays to study crystal diffraction.
Wavelength range for X-rays is …
a) 0.07 to 70 nanometers
b) 0.004 to 4 nanometers
c) 0.01 to 10 nanometers
d) 0.9 to 900 nanometers
c) 0.01 to 10 nanometers
What can a high amount of radiation cause?
a) Radiation induced Cancer
b) Radiation sickness
c) Cell damage
d) Increases the chance of getting cancer
b) Radiation sickness
True or False: within 2 months (after Roetgen announced his discovery), X-rays were being used by battlefield physicians to locate bullets in wounded soldiers?
False, Within 6 months (after Roetgen announced his discovery), X-rays were being used by battlefield physicians to locate bullets in wounded soldiers
Which of the two are not true about X-rays and cancer?
a) It can be used for radiation therapy
b) It causes cancer
c) Some amounts of radiation can lead to radiation induced cancer
d) It can detect cancer
b) It causes cancer AND d) It can detect cancer
X-rays do not cause cancer but some time amounts exposed to radiation can cause a specific type of cancer called radiation induced cancer
What is the speed at which x-ray waves travel?
a) 3.00 × 10^8 m/s
b) 9.00 × 10^8 m/s
c) 3.00 × 10^15 m/s
d) 6.45 × 10^2 m/s
a) 3.00 × 10^8 m/s
What can a low amount of radiation cause?
a) Radiation sickness
b) Cell damage
c) Radiation induced cancer
d) Death
c) Radiation induced cancer