Who was Marie Curie?

Marie Curie was a famous __________ who was born in Poland.

• nurse

• engineer

• scientist

• teacher

Marie Curie found two new things called ____________ that helped to make machines that let doctors see inside your body.

• elements

• vitamins

• planets

• stars

She had to study in secret because girls in her country couldn't go to college.

• true

• false

Why were Marie Curie's machines called "Little Curies"?

• Because they were very tiny and cute

• Because they were named after Marie Curie and were used to help doctors see inside the body

• Because they were used for cooking food

• Because they were made of a material called curium

Marie Curie worked with her husband, Pierre Curie, and they had two daughters.

• true

• false

The rays that the metals gave off. She called it “__________.”

• radio

• elements

• radioactivity

• X-ray

Marie Curie won two very important awards called Nobel Prizes. She was the first person ever to win two of them!

• true

• false

She observed that radium salts ________ in the dark due to their radioactive properties.

• smoked

• glowed

• disappeared

• moved

Unlike Marie, Pierre had had trouble learning in school, so his parents taught him at home.

• true

• false

Radium was so powerful that even the tiniest amount was a million times more radioactive than uranium.

• Silver

• Gold

• Silver

• Radium