3.02 Quiz: Avenues to Understanding 1
Part A
Question 1
What inference can be made from the text "Marie Curie and the Discovery of Radioactivity"?

Curie hoped that her research would be well funded.

Curie attempted to discover a method for fossil dating.

Curie intended to discover a cancer treatment.

Curie risked her health for the sake of science.

Question 2
Part B - Points depend on a correct response in Part A.

Which evidence from the text best supports the answer to Part A?

Responses

"...scientists can use radioactivity to determine the age of fossils."

"Marie spent many hours boiling down pitchblende in enormous pots...gasping and coughing from the fumes."

"[Pierre] discovered that radium could kill cancer cells."


"But Marie and Pierre refused to charge a penny for their discovery."