Why is this photo significant?

It was the first time a human being was photographed.

Which of the following is NOT true about Kodachrome film?

It inspired a big-budge Hollywood movie

What is so cool about Polaroid cameras?

the entire "darkroom" is in the photo film

Why was Louis Daguerre important to Joseph Nicephore Niepce's work?

He figured out how to keep the images from fading away

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1
Why is this photo significant?
It was the first time a human being was photographed.
It recorded a major moment in history
It was just really cool
It was the first photo ever taken.
2
Which of the following is NOT true about Kodachrome film?
It has a national park named after it
It inspired a hit song
It inspired a big-budge Hollywood movie
By 2008, only one place in the WHOLE WORLD would develop it
3
What amazing advancement did the Polaroid Corporation introduce in 1948?
exposure times were now only a couple of seconds long
the "instant camera"
digital cameras
paper-based film
4
Who invented the first paper-based photographic film?
Nicephore Niepce
George Eastman
Louis Daguerre
Robert Cornelius
5
How long was Kodachrome film in production?
74 years
10 years
35 years
100 years
6
This is a small dark room, where a small hole at one end projects an image on the opposite wall
Kodachrome
Daguerreotype
Camera Obscura
Tintype
7
What is so cool about Polaroid cameras?
You can upload photos wirelessly to your computer
the entire "darkroom" is in the photo film
Exposure time can be fractions of a second
It is impossible to take a bad photo with one
8
The greek root word "photo" means:
write
picture
happy
light
9
The first EVER photograph was taken by:
George Eastman
Joseph Nicephore Niepce
Robert Cornelius
Louis Daguerre
10
Why was the Kodak Brownie such an important invention?
People took higher quality photos with it
Now ANYONE could take photos
It was the first digital camera
It made photography very expensive
11
The greek root word "graph" means:
photo
light
math
write or draw
12
Why was Louis Daguerre important to Joseph Nicephore Niepce's work?
He developed the first ever color film
He figured out how to keep the images from fading away
He gave Niepce a lot of money
He took the world's first "selfie"
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How long was the exposure time for the first ever photograph?
1/8 second
8 minutes
8 seconds
8 hours

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