X-Ray History Quiz

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What did Wilhelm Roentgen discover in 1895?

  • Infrared rays
  • X-rays (correct)
  • Ultraviolet rays
  • Gamma rays

What did Wilhelm Roentgen use to make fluorescent screens glow?

  • Invisible rays (correct)
  • Infrared radiation
  • Gamma rays
  • Ultraviolet light

What did Wilhelm Roentgen's discovery of X-rays pass through, leaving bones and metals visible?

  • Human tissue (correct)
  • Plastic
  • Concrete
  • Wood

What was one of Roentgen's first experiments with X-rays?

<p>A film of his wife's hand with a ring on her finger (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Wilhelm Roentgen call the rays he discovered?

<p>X-rays (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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Wilhelm Roentgen and X-rays

  • Wilhelm Roentgen discovered X-rays in 1895.
  • Roentgen used a cathode ray tube to make fluorescent screens glow.
  • Roentgen's discovery of X-rays showed that the rays could pass through flesh, leaving bones and metals visible.
  • One of Roentgen's first experiments with X-rays involved taking a picture of his wife's hand, which revealed her bones.
  • Roentgen called the rays he discovered "X-rays" because the nature of the rays was unknown at the time.

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