Vocab List SPS4_Nuclear Energy

When a large nucleus splits into a smaller nucleus + energy formed

• Fission
• Fusion
• Alpha Particle
• Beta Particle
• Gamma Radiation

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Two lighter nuclei come together forming larger nucleus

• Fission
• Fusion
• Alpha Particle
• Beta Particle
• Gamma Radiation

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A technique used to determine the actual age of a fossil on the basis of the amount of a radioactive element it contains

• Fission
• Fusion
• Radioactive Dating
• Beta Particle
• Gamma Radiation

a nuclear weapon that uses the energy from a primary nuclear fission reaction to compress and ignite a secondary nuclear fusion reaction

• Fission
• Fusion
• Thermonuclear Bomb
• Alpha Particle
• Gamma Radiation

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

Equivalent of a helium nucleus (2 protons, 2 neutrons)

• Fission
• Fusion
• Alpha Particle
• Beta Particle
• Gamma Radiation

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The least penetrating form of radiation is

• Fission
• Fusion
• Alpha Particle
• Beta Particle
• Gamma Radiation

equivalent to an electron particle

• Fission
• Fusion
• Alpha Particle
• Beta Particle
• Gamma Radiation

high energy electromagnetic radiation that usually accompanies alpha or beta radiation and accounts for most of the energy lost during radioactivity decay

• Fission
• Fusion
• Alpha Particle
• Beta Particle
• Gamma Radiation

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

Radiation type Often byproduct of nuclear fission

• Fission
• Fusion
• Alpha Particle
• Beta Particle
• Gamma Radiation

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

length of time it takes for half of the atoms mass to Decay

• Half-Life
• Radioactive Decay
• Thermonuclear Bomb
• Alpha Particle
• Beta Particle

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