Nuclear Chemistry Unit Test Review

Define nuclear fusion.

• Combining lighter atoms to make heavier ones

• Splitting lighter atoms to make heavier ones

• Combining heavier atoms to make lighter ones

• Splitting heavier atoms to make lighter ones

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When hydrogen is "fused" together on the Sun, what new element is created?

• Helium

• Carbon Dioxide

• Oxygen

• Light

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The time it takes for half of a sample to decay into products.

• Half-Life

• Radioisotope

• Radiation

• Carbon-14

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Another name for a radioactive isotope.

• Half-Life

• Radioisotope

• Radiation

• Carbon-14

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Beta, gamma, and alpha are all examples of

• Half-Life

• Radioisotope

• Radiation

• Carbon-14

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___ is used to calculate the age of specimens that were once living

• Half-Life

• Radioisotope

• Radiation

• Carbon-14

A nucleus is considered ___ when it is resistant to decay.

• Stable

• Radioactivity

• Transmutation

• Transuranium Elements

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The spontaneous emission of radiation.

• Stable

• Radioactivity

• Transmutation

• Transuranium Elements

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The conversion of an atom of one element to an atom of another element.

• Stable

• Radioactivity

• Transmutation

• Transuranium Elements

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The special name given to elements with an atomic number greater than 92.

• Stable

• Radioactivity

• Transmutation

• Transuranium Elements