1) 1. Give some interesting facts about Marie Curie (DOB, place of birth, family, work, research) 2) 2. Give some facts about polonium from the periodic table 3) 3. Give some facts about radium from the periodic table 4) 4. Who were the radium girls? Where did they work? 5) 5. What happened to the radium girls when working in the painting factories? 6) 6. What must be done if a site is found to be contaminated with radium? 7) 7. Who was Litvinenko? What happened to him? 8) 8. How did Litvinenko die? 9) 9. When has polonium been used in the past? 10) 10. In which atomic bombs has polonium been used? 11) 11. What is the half-life of polonium? 12) 12. What is "szkodliwy" in English? 13) 13. What is badania naukowe in English? 14) 14. What is "odkażać" in English? 15) 15. What kind of health problems did the radium girls have? 16) 16. What did Marie Curie die of? 17) 17. Is radium a wonder drug or poison in your opinion? 18) 18. What is "białaczka" in English? 19) 19. What is "odkrycie" in English? 20) 20. When was radium banned and what replaced it? 21) 21. What is "tumour" in Polish? 22) 22. What is "gout" in Polish? 23) 23. What is "cudowne lekarstwo/ uzdrowienie" in English? 24) 24. Fill in the gap: radium is ............................ from uranium ore. 25) 25. Fill in the gaps: radium was 2000 times .................... .................. ............... gold. 26) 26. What had to happen in London after traces of polonium were discovered in the city? 27) 27. Fill in the gap: If ....................., polonium will kill the person very quickly. (synonym: eaten) 28) 28. Give some commercial uses of polonium. 29) 29. What is the difference between uranium and radium? 30) 30. Do you think chemical experiments with radioactive substances should be banned?

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