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What is radiation?
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Erik
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Calculate the energy released when 1 gram of uranium undergoes fission reaction
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alphonse
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Column A
1. Radioactivity: Radioactivity 2. Radioisotope: Radioisotope 3. Isotope: Isotope 4. Radiation: Radiation Column B
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Match the word to its definition/description.
Column A 1. Radioactivity: Radioactivity 2. Radioisotope: Radioisotope 3. Isotope:
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How are fusion and fission similar? Click the two that apply.
a Both are used to create electricity. b Both involve changes in
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calculate the rate at which atoms of a particular fission product are being produced directly by 1 kg of 235U in a thermal
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Jan
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An advantage to using fission reactions in a nuclear power plant is that a large amount of energy can be released.
True False
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why does splitting a nucleus create a tremendous amount of energy?
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rica
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Is beta decay a form of nuclear fission?
A. Yes, it is because the mass number changes. B. Yes, it is because the atomic number
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Anonymous
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How are fusion and fission similar? Click the two that apply.
a Both produce energy b Both occur in the stars. c Both are used to
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What does radioactive mean?
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Jess
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What does radioactive mean???
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Jess
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can you tell me how the beta-plus decay process may be understood (i) at the level of individual nucleons and (ii) at the level
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mathew -b
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Give a full balanced nuclear equation fro the synthesis of xenon-133. A full balanced nuclear equation includes α particles, β
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Matt
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Why does the emission of an alpha particle always result in transmutation?
Energy is released from the nucleus of the atom.
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eactions can be written out in equation form with information about the nuclei that take place in the fusion reaction and the
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Polonium has a large, unstable nucleus. Through which process is it most likely to become stable?(1 point)
Responses beta-plus
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Blue Berry
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Use the equation to answer the question.
146C→147N+0−1e Which type of radioactive decay does the equation model? (1 point)
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Blue Berry
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How does the nucleus change in beta-plus decay?(1 point)
Responses The mass number remains the same, and the atomic number
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Blue Berry
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An unstable nucleus undergoes gamma decay. How does the nucleus change?(1 point)
Responses It becomes less stable by emitting
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Blue Berry
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A process in which a large nucleus splits into two or more parts is called _____.(1 point)
Responses beta decay beta decay
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Blue Berry
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Which statement best describes the type of radioactive decay shown in the model?
(1 point) Responses The model shows alpha decay,
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Blue Berry
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Is beta decay a form of nuclear fission?(1 point)
Responses No, it is not because the atomic number does not change. No, it is
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Blue Berry
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Which statement correctly classifies gamma emission?(1 point)
Responses Gamma emission is not a type of radioactive decay or a
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Blue Berry
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The number in the box is and this is a form of decay.
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Sodium-24 has a half-life of approximately 15 hours. If only one-eighth of the sodium-24 remains, about how much time has
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225/88ra>0/-1e+__/89ac
The number in the box is and this is a form of decay.
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Which of the following BEST describes what occurs in a fusion reaction?
a Two low mass nuclei are joined to form one nucleus and
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Nuclear reactions always involve lots of energy.
True False
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Which quantity is the same before and after a nuclear change?(1 point)
Responses total charge total charge atomic mass of each
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Blue Berry
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Which phrase describes nuclear fission?(1 point)
Responses the process by which a large nucleus divides into smaller nuclei the
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Blue Berry
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Which statement describes radioactive decay?(1 point)
Responses An stable nucleus gives off particles or energy to become less
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Blue Berry
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A neutron strikes a plutonium-239 nucleus, starting a fission reaction. The products are a strontium-96 nucleus, a barium-140
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Blue Berry
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The nucleus shown undergoes beta-minus decay.
131 53I How many protons will the nucleus have after it decays? (1 point) Responses
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Blue Berry
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Which statement describes whether alpha decay, beta decay, and gamma decay are forms of nuclear fission?(1 point)
Responses Alpha
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Blue Berry
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what is radiation
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ajibola
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sam is comparing the half life of two isotopes of uranium. The half life of uranium-238 is 4.5 x 10^9 years the half of
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how does radioactive decay provide heat energy within the earth
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kate
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Why does a hydrogen bomb produce significant radioactive fall-out?
A hydrogen bomb operates with a nuclear reaction that produces
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Emily
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A Thorium-232 absorbs a neutron and the resulting nucleus undergoes two successive beta decays. The nucleus that results has....
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Emily
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Assume a liter of milk has an activity of 2400 pCi due to 40K. If a person drinks 2 glasses (0.460 l) per day, estimate the
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Sandhya
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The two quantities conserved in all nuclear equations are.......
mass and number?
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Bev
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Heavier atoms are not appreciably larger in size than light atoms because the nuclei of heavy atoms have more....
nuclear energy?
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Molly
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what is radioactive waste and why is it stored underground ??
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gillian please help
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How is fission different from a simple chemical reaction?(1 point)
Responses Fission can happen with radioactive forms of atoms.
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Blue Berry
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A stable nucleus will decay, or emit, particles.
True Falsee
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A student claims that the equation models beta-minus decay because the atomic number of the nucleus decreases by one. In one or
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Zoey Andrus
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the nuclide 232 Th 90 is radioactive. when one of the atoms decays, a series of alpha and beta particle emission occurs, taking
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Gabe
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The half life of uranium-235 is 700,000,000 years. The half life of uranium-238 is 4.463 x 10^11 years longer. What is the half
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225/88 Ra--- 0/0Y+ blank/ 88 Ra The number in the box is and this is a form of decay.
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