In 1898, Marie Curie unintentionally left a rock on a piece of photographic paper and later found that emissions from the rock had exposed the paper. Since that time, the radium responsible for the paper's exposure has been put to medical use in X-ray technology. Curie's experience is an example of ___________, one of the processes by which cultural changes are set in motion.
a. invention
b. discovery
c. cultural lag
d. diffusion
Answer: b. discovery
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a. become more masculine. b. become less masculine. c. figure out how to be human.
Compared with peers who do not become parents as teenagers, all of the following are likely outcomes for teenage parents EXCEPT a. limited job prospects. b. lower likelihood of divorce
c. limited educational opportunities. d. lower likelihood of marriage.
In Christianity, there is the concept of the Trinity (God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost / Holy Spirit). When Christians refer to a power greater than themselves, they are referring to some aspect of this God. When Gloria speaks of a greater power, she is speaking of:
a. La Llorona. b. Coatlicue. c. Guadalupe. d. Antigua, mi Diosa, the divine within.
The most common heart disease in adults over age 65 that results in hospitalization is
a. cardiac arrhythmias. b. arteriosclerosis. c. myocardial infarction. d. congestive heart failure.