Radioactivity was discovered in 1896 by the French physicist, Antoine…
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Radioactivity was discovered in 1896 by the French physicist, Antoine Henri Becquerel. He left an unexposed photographic plate in the dark near a sample of a uranium salt. When the plate was 1 it was found to be 2 , just as it might if it had been exposed to light. which was caused by a form of radiation from the uranium.The term radioactivity was 3 by Marie Curie and her husband Pierre Curie. They worked together and showed that radioactivity was an atomic property not a chemical change. The 4 of radioactivity won the Curies and Ekcquerel the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903.
Options for each gap (alphabetical)
- 1 developed · overlapped · transmitted · unraveled
- 2 clarified · corrugated · fogged · transparent
- 3 coined · concocted · estimated · expected
- 4 discharge · discovery · fabrication · invention
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| Prompt | Text up to 200 words |
|---|---|
| Time to answer | Not set per question (Part 2 lasts 23–30 minutes) |
| Skills assessed | Reading |
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Source: Pearson, PTE Academic & UKVI test format, Part 2: Reading, checked 9 October 2026.