CP6

Which subatomic particles would you find in the nucleus of an atom?

• protons and neutrons
• protons and electrons
• neutrons only
• protons only

Approximately, how big is the radius of an atom?

• 1 x 10^-10 m

• 1 x 10^-5 m

• 1 x 10^-100m

• 1 x 10^-50 m

Two atoms with the same number of protons, but different number of neutrons are known as?

• isotopes
• ions
• elements
• isomers

Carbon-14 is different to carbon-12 because...

• C-14 has two more neutrons than C-12
• There is no difference
• C-14 has 1 extra proton and 1 extra neutron than C-12
• C-14 has two more protons than C-12

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

Radiation that causes an electron to escape from its orbit around an atom is called ...?

• Ionising
• Damaging
• Ionosphering
• Electrifying

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The radiation that we are constantly exposed to at a low level is called...?

• Background radiation
• Ionising Radiation
• Electromagnetic radiation
• Atmospheric radiation

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How can we measure the "amount" of radioactivity?

• Geiger-Muller tube
• You can't
• Gerd-Muller tube
• Kert-Geigher tube

Which type of radiation contains two protons and two neutrons?

• alpha
• beta
• positrons
• gamma

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Which type of radiation contains high-energy, high speed electrons?

• alpha

• beta ^-

• beta ⁺

• gamma

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Which type of radiation contains high-energy, high speed particles, with the same mass, but opposite charge to electrons?

• alpha
• beta
• positrons
• gamma

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