Radioactivity Review

What is Half-life?

• The amount of time it takes for some of the nuclei in a sample of the isotope to decay
• The amount of time it takes for half the electrons in a sample of the isotope to decay
• The amount of time it takes for half the nuclei in a sample of the isotope to decay
• the amount of time it takes to double the nuclei in a sample of the isotope to decay

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What type of decay is shown here

²³⁸₉₂U ---> ²³⁴₉₀Th + ⁴₂He.

• alpha

• beta

• gamma

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Identify the type of nuclear decay shown here

²¹⁴₈₃Bi → ⁰_-1e + ²¹⁴₈₄Po

• alpha

• beta

• gamma

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When a nucleus undergoes nuclear decay by gamma rays, the atomic number of the element....

• remains the same
•   decreases by one.
• increases by one.
• increases by two.

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The half-life of strontium-90 is 25 years. How much strontium-90 will remain after 100 years if the initial amount is 4.0 g?

• 3.0g
• 0.25mg
• 0.3g
• 0.25g

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The type of radioactive particle that can be stopped by a sheet of paper is the ____.

• alpha particle

• beta particle

• gamma ray

• theta particle

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Solve this equation for alpha decay.

₈₅²⁰⁹At = ___ + ₂⁴He (If you need to sing to remember, please do...)

• ₈₃²⁰⁵Bi

• ₈₆²⁰⁹Rn

• ₈₁²⁰⁷Tl

• ₈₅²⁰⁸At

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The three types of nuclear radiation in increasing order of penetrating power are ____.

• alpha, beta, gamma

• X ray, beta, gamma

• alpha, gamma, beta

• X ray, gamma, beta

Two or more nuclei combine to form one larger nucleus in the process of nuclear _____.

• Fusion
• Fission
• Tracing
• Decay

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This is an example of a...

• Fission reaction

• Fusion reaction

• Decomposition reaction

• Decay

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