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What is one way people are exposed to ionizing radiation every day?

Cosmic rays from space.

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  1. Only from nuclear power plants
  2. Only from medical X-rays
  3. Cosmic rays from space ✔

Why: Cosmic radiation from space reaches Earth and contributes to everyday background exposure.

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Cosmic rays are space's daily hello.
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Answer: Cosmic rays from space. Cosmic radiation from space reaches Earth and contributes to everyday background exposure.

  1. Scouting America: Nuclear Science www.scouting.org/merit-badges/nuclear-science
    Explain how we are exposed to ionizing radiation from outside the earth
    Checked 2026-11-07.

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