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32 Cards in this Set
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How is the atomic number affected by alpha radiation? |
Decreases by 2 |
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How is the atomic number affected by beta radiation? |
Increases by 1 |
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How is the atomic number affected by gamma radiation? |
Does not change |
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How is the mass number affected by alpha radiation? |
Decreases by 4 |
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How is the mass number affected by beta radiation?
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Does not change |
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How is the mass number affected by gamma radiation? |
Does not change |
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What symbol represents alpha radiation?
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4 over 2 He |
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What symbol represents beta radiation?
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0 over -1 e |
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What symbol represents gamma radiation?
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0 over 0 (gamma symbol) |
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What material can stop alpha radiation?
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Paper and While Moving Through Air |
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What material can stop beta radiation? |
Aluminum Foil and Wood |
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What material can stop gamma radiation? |
Lead and Thick Concrete |
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What type of radiation is emitted above the band of stability?
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Beta Radiation
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What type of radiation is emitted below the band of stability? |
Electron Capture and Positron Emission |
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What type of radiation is emitted off the band of stability?
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Alpha Radiation |
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Where is Carbon-14 produced? |
Upper atmosphere |
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What is the symbol used to represent a neutron?
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1 over 0 n |
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Where do controlled nuclear fission chain reactions take place?
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In nuclear fission reactors |
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What is the fuel that is used in a nuclear reactor? |
Uranium or Plutonium |
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Why are neutrons absorbed in a nuclear reactor? |
To slow down the nuclear reaction |
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Which device can be used to routinely check an individual's radiation exposure? |
Film Badge |
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What type of therapy is used to treat cancer? |
Radiation Therapy
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What type of radiation is used in Geiger Counters, Scintillation Counters, Film Badges, Cloud Chambers, etc.?
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Ionizing Radiation |
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Where do nuclear fusion reactions occur? |
On the Sun |
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What happens in an unstable nucleus? |
It releases radiation as it decays. |
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What is a nuclear fission reaction?
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Reaction where heavy nuclei split into smaller nuclei and releases energy. |
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What is a nuclear fusion reaction? |
Reaction where small nuclei combine to form heavier nuclei and lots of energy. |
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What happens in a transmutation reaction?
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The number of protons in the nucleus of an atom changes. |
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What particle has a +1 charge and has a mass of an electron?
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Positron |
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What term refers to an element with an unstable nucleus? |
Radioisotope |
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What term refers to elements with an atomic number greater than 92? |
Transuranium Elements |
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What term refers to the process that slows down neutrons so that a reactor fuel can capture them to continue a chain reaction? |
Neutron Moderation |
