Radiation Trivia
Across
- 2. What isotope is most commonly used for HDR?
- 5. This radioactive element was once used in linear accelerators and is also the name of a car
- 8. Group who sings the song "Radioactive"
- 10. Reptiles who were exposed to radioactive ooze in the sewer (hint: there were 4 of them)
- 13. Unit of measure for the amount of ionizing radiation absorbed by a material
- 15. The rotations around the 3 axes of the human body used for positioning are pitch, roll and ______.
- 17. The device that measures the amount of radiation a person has been exposed to
- 18. Marvel character that transformed after being exposed to gamma radiation
Down
- 1. Cerrobend is made up of lead, tin, cadmium and what other element?
- 3. The name of this type of radiation therapy was derived from the Greek word that means "short"
- 4. What does MV stand for?
- 6. Marie Curie and her husband discovered Radium in 1898. What was her husband's name?
- 7. The middle name of the German engineer and physicist who discovered x-rays
- 9. Netflix series that came out in 2019 about a nuclear power plant meltdown in the Ukraine.
- 11. Radiation particle that is used to treat shallow or superficial areas like the skin
- 12. The 3 principles of ALARA are time, distance and _____?
- 14. In the early 1900's, radiation was used to treat what benign skin condition?
- 16. What fashion accessory used to contain trace amounts of radiation to give it a glow-in-the-dark effect?