Radiation in Modern Life

Which of these is a use of alpha radiation?

• Sterilising food

• Smoke detectors

• Monitoring paper thickness

• Industrial tracers

For which of the following problems would a scientist most likely use carbon-14? 

• to calculate the age of the Earth's oldest rocks
• to calculate the age of a piece of bone 
• to identify the elements that make up a rock 
• to identify the elements that make up a bone

Radioactive tracers are useful in ____.

• calculating the ages of fossils 
• fueling nuclear reactions 
• determining medical problems 
• treating brain tumors 

Where does radioactivity have application in our lives?

• Medicine
• Energy (electricity)
• Agriculture
• All of the above

What is a use of radioactive materials in medicine?

• oxygen masks

• antibiotics

• tracers

• heat monitors

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How is radiation used to treat cancer?

• Radiation is used to stimulate the growth of cancer cells

• Cancer cells are bombarded with radiation and become inactive

• Cancer cells are burned up by radiation

• Radiation melts cancer cells

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Radioactivity can be harmful and cause disease because it affects _________.

• air

• water

• cells

• blood

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Nuclear medicine (like radiation used in cancer treatment) is used to both diagnose and treat different diseases.

• True

• False

Suggest the most effective way that a scientist can protect themselves against exposure when handling radioactive sources.

• Storing sources in a lead–lined box using tongs

• Goggles and gloves

• Tie hair back

Which use of radiation uses beta radiation?

• smoke alarms

• measuring paper thickness

• tracer to diagnose a medical probelm

• sterilising food or medical equipment