Nuclear Reactions and Half-Life

Nuclear Reactions and Half-Life

9th Grade

15 Qs

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Nuclear Reactions and Half-Life

Nuclear Reactions and Half-Life

Assessment

Quiz

Science

9th Grade

Hard

NGSS
HS-PS1-8

Standards-aligned

Created by

Lisa Thompson

FREE Resource

15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

This is an example of...

Fission  reaction

Fusion reaction

Decomposition reaction

Decay

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Solve this equation for beta decay.
2760Co = ___ + -10e

2556Mn

2860Ni

2358V

2759Co

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The most dangerous type of radiation is the ____. 

alpha particle

gamma ray

beta particle

uranium

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

The splitting of a nucleus into smaller nuclei is

nuclear fusion

nuclear fission

radioactive half-life

gamma radiation

beta radiation

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Why does beta decay occur?

The nucleus is too large to be stable

The proton to neutron ratio is unstable

The nucleus is in an excited state. This usually follows other types of decay.

The nucleus is too small to be viable by itself

The isotope has too many high energy electrons

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Technetium-99 isotope has a half-life of 6.0 hours. If 100.0 mg were injected into a patient how much remains after 18 hours?

33.0 mg

12.5 mg

.33 mg

15.8 mg

50.0 mg

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

If you start with a complete sample, how much of the sample is left after the third half-life?

1/2

1/3

1/16

1/8

1/5

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