WONDER #1322: How Does a Smoke Detector Work?
Question 1 of 3
Whose invention led to the development of ionization chamber smoke detectors?
- Ernst Meili
- Albert Einstein
- Benjamin Franklin
- Marie Curie
Question 2 of 3
Photoelectric smoke detectors use light beams or low-powered what to detect smoke?
- electrical currents
- radioactive materials
- lasers
- bacon
Question 3 of 3
The ionization chamber of most ionization smoke detectors contain which radioactive element?
- uranium-231
- radium
- hydrogen
- americium-241
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