Marie Curie: a Life in Science

Questions

1. Sequence Which of these happened first?

   Curie was made a member of a British society of arts Curie moved to Paris to study physics and mathematics at the Sorbonne Curie became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, in physics Curie published notes that included steps for the machine to calculate a series of numbers
2. Sequence Which of these happened last?

   Curie won a second Nobel Prize, this time in chemistry Curie moved to Paris to study physics and mathematics at the Sorbonne Curie became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, in physics Curie helped equip ambulances with X-ray machines to treat soldiers in World War I
3. Details In what year did this happen? "Curie helped equip ambulances with X-ray machines to treat soldiers in World War I."

   1911 1924 1891 1914
4. Timeline math How many years passed between these two events? First: "Curie moved to Paris to study physics and mathematics at the Sorbonne." Later: "She helped equip ambulances with X-ray machines to treat soldiers in World War I."

   47 24 33 23
5. Vocabulary In the passage, what does "element" mean?

   a room or building for experiments and research a pure substance made of only one kind of atom a legal document that says an invention belongs to the person who made it a statement in mathematics that has been proved true
6. Character traits Which word best describes Marie Curie?

   careless determined lazy forgetful
7. Evidence Which detail from the passage shows that Curie was determined?

   She sat quietly in the forest for months before the chimpanzees let her come close. She measured X-ray patterns by hand for months to be sure her results were right. She searched the crumbling cliffs after every storm, spotting bones others walked past. Women were not allowed to attend university in Poland, so she studied in secret and later moved to Paris to continue.
8. Main idea What is this passage mostly about?

   the life and work of Marie Curie the life and work of Katherine Johnson the life and work of George Washington Carver how to become a teacher
9. Text structure How does the author organize the middle of the passage?

   from most important to least important event by comparing two people as a list of steps to follow in time order, from earlier events to later ones

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