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Natural radioactivity was discovered by

Solve this multiple-choice question and check the correct answer with its explanation below.

Answer options

  1. Marie Curie
  2. Ernest Rutherford
  3. Henri Becquerel
  4. Enrico Fermi

Correct answer and explanation

Correct answer: Henri Becquerel

Explanation: āœ… Correct Answer: C) Henri Becquerel šŸ“š Explanation: Natural radioactivity was discovered by the French physicist Henri Becquerel in 1896. He accidentally found that uranium salts emitted rays that could penetrate opaque objects and expose photographic plates. This discovery opened the door to the study of nuclear physics and radioactivity. He was later awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics along with Marie and Pierre Curie for this groundbreaking work.