Science Quiz | Surviving Radiation

Ukrainian authorities displayed debris from the explosive device as a radiation warning sign in the prospect after a drone attack on the former Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine on Friday, February 14, 2025. Image source: AP

question:

1. There are four methods to measure radiation dose. Where grey and X measure the absorbed dose, while sievert and y are measured according to their biological effects. The names X and Y are the corresponding non-SI units in these categories.

2. About 0.4 micro-proposals are the amount of radiation your body is exposed to every hour. What is the collective name of the radiation source?

3. Named in southeast China, the city is due to the particularly abundant uranium and particularly abundant rocks in the region, with particularly high radiation levels (about 6.4 mm per year).

4. For humans killed by radiation poisoning, the value of ____ is 4,800 mm. Fill in a blank with a unit that represents the amount of substance needed to kill half of the population members.

5. Named this bacteria is known for being the most radiation-resistant organism known to be. It can withstand up to 30,000 gray gamma rays, 6,000 times higher than the dose that kills people.

Visual:

Named the chemist for the Manhattan Project in Canada, the chemist died by chance and infamously sporadically sporadically at close range and received a radiation dose of 21,000 sieverts.

Answer:

1. RAD and REM

2. Natural background radiation

3. Yangjiang

4. LD50

5. Popular Gama Thoron

Vision: Louis Slotin