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What are some common properties of acids?
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sour taste, reactivity with meals, produces color changes in indicators.
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Whats a base?
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A base is a compound that produces ions when dissolved in water.
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What are some common properties of bases?
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bitter taste. slippery feel. and produces color change in indicators.
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What is radioactivity?
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Radioactivity is the process in which an unstable atomic nucleus emits charged particles and energy.
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What are the differences between alpha decay, bate decay, and Gama decay?
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Alpha loses 2 atomic numbers. Beta gains one. Gamma doesn't lose nor gain any
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what is background radiation?
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Background radiation is nuclear radiation that occurs naturally in the environment.
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what are common sources of background radiation?
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radioisotopes and cosmic rays
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Describe the size of alpha particles compared to the three major subatomic particles.
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Alpha particles are 4 times bigger then subatomic particles.
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what does a particle accelerator do?
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In a particle accelerator charged particles can be accelerated to speeds close to the speed of light.
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In a general stable nucleus, compare electric force and the strong nuclear force.
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over a short distances, strong nuclear force is much greater then electric forces among protons.
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