Marie Curie and the Glowing Element — Questions and answers

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What powers the brightly glowing streetlamps in Mina's San Francisco neighborhood?

Choices

  1. Wind turbines
  2. The sun
  3. Joyful sounds and music ✓
  4. Underground cables

Answer: Joyful sounds and music

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What famous award did Marie Curie win in 1903 for her work in Physics?

Choices

  1. The Pulitzer Prize
  2. The Academy Award
  3. The Nobel Prize ✓
  4. The Golden Globe

Answer: The Nobel Prize

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What was Marie Curie's philosophy about things that might seem scary or unknown?

Choices

  1. To run away from them quickly
  2. To ignore them until they disappear
  3. To understand them more so you fear them less ✓
  4. To ask someone else to deal with them

Answer: To understand them more so you fear them less

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What new element did Marie Curie name that radiated energy and glowed?

Choices

  1. Gold
  2. Radium ✓
  3. Silver
  4. Polonium

Answer: Radium

From page 6

According to Mina's father, what useful things came from Marie and Pierre's discovery of radium?

Choices

  1. New types of glowing jewelry and lamps
  2. X-rays for doctors and treatments for cancer ✓
  3. Music instruments that glow in the dark
  4. Special paints for houses

Answer: X-rays for doctors and treatments for cancer

From page 7

Why does Mina's father say San Francisco is so creative with its clockwork lights?

Choices

  1. Because it has many artists who draw new designs.
  2. Because scientists build new wonders on old scientific discoveries. ✓
  3. Because they import special glowing rocks from other countries.
  4. Because the city has the best music festivals.

Answer: Because scientists build new wonders on old scientific discoveries.

From page 8

What two examples did Sophie and Mina use to show how energy turns into something else?

Choices

  1. A bicycle and a book
  2. A keyboard and the sun ✓
  3. A cloud and a river
  4. A tree and a flower

Answer: A keyboard and the sun

From page 9

What new question does Nadia ask, suggesting a topic for Mina's next adventure?

Choices

  1. Why do clocks make music?
  2. How do plants grow so tall?
  3. Why are magnets pulled together? ✓
  4. What makes stars twinkle at night?

Answer: Why are magnets pulled together?

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