if alpha bet gamma etc...are greek letters, then why did science have to name certain rays after them?
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hey most of the discoveries were done by the Greek also English alphabets were not enough to describe them. Most of are scientific words are greet or Latin dear.
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well x rays the name was coined by roentogen because he did not know what the rays were so he named them x raya, meaning unknown rays. he placed some ore of radiaactive material over negative film by mistake which was covereed by black paper to protect them from light. what amazed roentogen was that even though the films were not exposed to light they were spoilt. he later tried to study tehse rays but could not decipher what they were hence he named them x rays. x rays have penetrating power which is not so high hence it can cross through bone and tissue but not through metals and wood and stuff like that. the use of x rays in medicine is of great importance since its one of the most primary diagnostic investigation available given an extent of the damage caused to bones. damage to soft tissue is better appreciated by MRI and CT scans. repeated x ray exposure can cause  chromosomal abnormalities. even pregnant mother should be kept away from x rays and if anyone is pregnant and need to take an x ray for some need they should inform the radio technician about it is very likely to cause damage to the baby. prevention better than cure.
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Asteroid comes from Greek meaning 'starlike'. You know 'aster' = 'star'. It has nothing to do w/ the bum!!!\n\n;P
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Probably what you refer to is a pledge name. Usually that only happens in fraternities, but I guess some girls might do it. I have yet to encounter that in any of the campuses i've been to (I know greeks from sfsu, sjsu, csu:sac, berkeley, uc davis, ucla, stanford, usc, ucsd, and one from when ucsc had a greek system).
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It means "native soda", "genes" or "forming"\nIt means same as in greek word too. =)
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Helium - From the Greek word "helios" meaning "sun"\n\nNeon - From the Greek word "neon" meaning "new"\n\nArgon - From the Greek word "argos" meaning "inactive"\n\nKrypton - From the Greek word "kryptos" meaning "hidden"\n\nXenon - From the Greek word "xenos" meaning "stranger"\n\nRadon - Named after "the element radium" (radon was called niton at first, from the Latin word "nitens" meaning "shining"
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1) Generally, rays of the sun which is called radiation lay between 400 nm (nano meter) to 700 nm.\n2) Below 400 nm is called ultra-violet and above 700 nm is called Infra-red.\n3) Both are invisible to the human naked eye.\n4)Infrared radiation is used to obtain pictures of distant objects and the detection of infrared radiation is used by astronomers to observe stars and nebulae.
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some heavy materials emits the rays in spontaneously this is called radioactivity. this is accidentally found by Henry Becquerel
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Some of them are named after the guy who invented them or was famous in science\nSuch as Rutherfordium (who invented the electron) Mendelevium (who invented the periodic table). Einsteinium  Some are named after the Greek Gods, such as Uranium (Uranus) Neptunium (king of the sea in Rome) Plutonium (king of the underworld) Europium (Europa who was captured and raped by zeus) Mercury (after the winged messenger)  HOPE THAT HELPS
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Ancient people gave their own names. For instance the Greec names differ from the Egyptian ones. The Inca names were also completely different.\nThe international astronomical sociaty choose scientific names.
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"Ereb", the Hebrew word used for "evening" means "evening, night". It's an inclusive term. Also, the earth was dark first, then light-the evening and the morning were the first day. Besides that, God reveals here what the timeframe for the honoring of His holy Sabbath is, as it is still kept in various religions,denominations and countries. (Friday evening to Saturday evening. Yes, I know this is controversial.) \nAs for whether "science" or "creation" is correct-they both are! Science is the study of the things that God has made, natural laws (showing "Intelligent Design"), etc. Most of the early scientists were believers in God. Albert Einstein himself could not deny God's existence. You see mathematics, which Einstein used to explain our universe, is the language of God-of order and design. Well, it's all enlightening and wonderful to study. I hope you soon find not only the answers you are looking for, but Truth. Take care. Buttercup
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Hippocrates described several kinds of cancers. He called benign tumours oncos, Greek for swelling, and malignant tumours carcinos, Greek for crab or crayfish. This strange choice of name probably comes from the appearance of the cut surface of a solid malignant tumour, with a roundish hard center surrounded by pointy projections, vaguely resembling the silhouette of a crab. He later added the suffix -oma, Greek for swelling, giving the name carcinoma. Today, carcinoma is the medical term for a malignant tumor derived from epithelial cells. It is Celsus who translated carcinos into the Latin cancer, also meaning crab. Galen used "oncos" to describe all tumours, the root for the modern word oncology. [1
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Radiation. The X referred to the fact that at the time, the type of radiation was unknown, and the name X-ray stuck.\n\n"On November 8, 1895, Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, a German scientist, began observing and further documenting X-rays while experimenting with vacuum tubes. Röntgen, on December 28, 1895, wrote a preliminary report "On a new kind of ray: A preliminary communication". He submitted it to the Würzburg's Physical-Medical Society journal. This was the first formal and public recognition of the categorization of X-rays. Röntgen referred to the radiation as "X", to indicate that it was an unknown type of radiation. The name stuck, although (over Röntgen's great objections), many of his colleagues suggested calling them Röntgen rays. They are still referred to as such in many languages. Röntgen received the first Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery."
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Right answer is F) because is given off by alpha (electrons), beta and gamma rays (photons) and breaks molecular bonds.\n\nThat´s it!\n\nGood luck!
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that's the greek alphabet.
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Alpha, beta and gamma radiation is radioactive radiation. It is cause by unstable atoms "decaying" to become stable atoms. Alpha and beta partciles are Protons and Electrons respectively whilst gamma radiation is very very high frequency "electromagnetic radiation." \nNon radioactive radiation is sound, heat, light..
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Greek alphabet:\nThe Greek alphabet has been used to write the Greek language since about the 9th century B.C.. It was the first true alphabet, that is, one with a symbol for each vowel and consonant, and is the oldest alphabet in use today. The letters are also used to represent numbers—Greek numerals—in the same sorts of contexts as  Roman numerals. Besides writing modern Greek, today its letters are used as mathematical symbols, as names of stars, in the names of fraternities and sororities, in the naming of supernumerary tropical cyclones, and for other purposes. The Greek alphabet originated as a modification of the Phoenician alphabet and in turn gave rise to the Latin, Cyrillic, and other alphabets, as documented in History of the alphabet. The Greek alphabet is unrelated to Linear B and the Cypriot syllabary, earlier writing systems for Greek.\n\nΑ α alpha \nΒ β beta \nΓ γ gamma \nΔ δ delta \nΕ ε epsilon \nΖ ζ zeta \nΗ η eta \nΘ θ theta \nΙ ι iota \nΚ κ kappa \nΛ λ lambda \nΜ μ mu \nΝ ν nu \nΞ ξ xi \nΟ ο omicron \nΠ π pi \nΡ Ρ rho \nΣ σ, ς sigma \nΤ τ tau \nΥ υ upsilon \nΦ φ phi \nΧ χ chi \nΨ ψ psi \nΩ ω omega