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Why is an alpha emitter much more harmful if is ingested than when applied to the skin?

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Alpha emitters have the highest ionizing...

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Which of the following statements is TRUE?


A) Positrons are similar in ionizing power and penetrating power to beta particles.
B) A positron is the antiparticle of the electron.
C) Beta decay occurs when a neutron changes into a proton while emitting an electron.
D) An alpha particle is a helium 2+ ion.
E) All of the above are true.

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A hydrogen bomb has up to ________ times the explosive force of the first atomic bomb.


A) 2000
B) 1000
C) 500
D) 200
E) 100

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Beta decay of 60Co produces a beta particle and


A) (56Mn) .
B) (59Co) .
C) (60Fe) .
D) (60Ni) .

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The combination of two light nuclei to form a heavier nucleus is called


A) radioactive cleavage.
B) nuclear fission.
C) nuclear fusion.
D) radioactive merge.
E) half-life.

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Determine the identity of the daughter nuclide from the alpha decay of Determine the identity of the daughter nuclide from the alpha decay of Po. A) Po B) Hg C) At D) Pb E) Rn Po.


A) Determine the identity of the daughter nuclide from the alpha decay of Po. A) Po B) Hg C) At D) Pb E) Rn Po
B) Determine the identity of the daughter nuclide from the alpha decay of Po. A) Po B) Hg C) At D) Pb E) Rn Hg
C) Determine the identity of the daughter nuclide from the alpha decay of Po. A) Po B) Hg C) At D) Pb E) Rn At
D) Determine the identity of the daughter nuclide from the alpha decay of Po. A) Po B) Hg C) At D) Pb E) Rn Pb
E) Determine the identity of the daughter nuclide from the alpha decay of Po. A) Po B) Hg C) At D) Pb E) Rn Rn

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Identify the scientist(s) that were awarded the Nobel Prize in physics for the discovery of radioactivity in 1903.


A) Johannes Geiger, Marie Curie
B) Albert Einstein
C) Antoine-Henri Becquerel, Marie Curie, Pierre Curie
D) Ernest Rutherford, Johannes Geiger
E) Galileo Galilei

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Identify the missing particle in the following nuclear equation: Identify the missing particle in the following nuclear equation: U → ? + He + 2 g A) Th B) Ra C) Pu D) Th E) Ra U → ? + Identify the missing particle in the following nuclear equation: U → ? + He + 2 g A) Th B) Ra C) Pu D) Th E) Ra He + 2 Identify the missing particle in the following nuclear equation: U → ? + He + 2 g A) Th B) Ra C) Pu D) Th E) Ra g


A) Identify the missing particle in the following nuclear equation: U → ? + He + 2 g A) Th B) Ra C) Pu D) Th E) Ra Th
B) Identify the missing particle in the following nuclear equation: U → ? + He + 2 g A) Th B) Ra C) Pu D) Th E) Ra Ra
C) Identify the missing particle in the following nuclear equation: U → ? + He + 2 g A) Th B) Ra C) Pu D) Th E) Ra Pu
D) Identify the missing particle in the following nuclear equation: U → ? + He + 2 g A) Th B) Ra C) Pu D) Th E) Ra Th
E) Identify the missing particle in the following nuclear equation: U → ? + He + 2 g A) Th B) Ra C) Pu D) Th E) Ra Ra

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Identify the technique used to predict the age of the Shroud of Turin.


A) uranium-238 to lead-206
B) potassium-40 to argon-40
C) carbon-14 to nitrogen-14
D) none of the above
E) all of the above

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Identify the nuclide that has the longest half-life.


A) Identify the nuclide that has the longest half-life. A) U B) C C) Rn D) Th E) Th U
B) Identify the nuclide that has the longest half-life. A) U B) C C) Rn D) Th E) Th C
C) Identify the nuclide that has the longest half-life. A) U B) C C) Rn D) Th E) Th Rn
D) Identify the nuclide that has the longest half-life. A) U B) C C) Rn D) Th E) Th Th
E) Identify the nuclide that has the longest half-life. A) U B) C C) Rn D) Th E) Th Th

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Determine the identity of the daughter nuclide from the positron emission of Determine the identity of the daughter nuclide from the positron emission of Ge. A) Ga B) As C) Zn D) As E) Ga Ge.


A) Determine the identity of the daughter nuclide from the positron emission of Ge. A) Ga B) As C) Zn D) As E) Ga Ga
B) Determine the identity of the daughter nuclide from the positron emission of Ge. A) Ga B) As C) Zn D) As E) Ga As
C) Determine the identity of the daughter nuclide from the positron emission of Ge. A) Ga B) As C) Zn D) As E) Ga Zn
D) Determine the identity of the daughter nuclide from the positron emission of Ge. A) Ga B) As C) Zn D) As E) Ga As
E) Determine the identity of the daughter nuclide from the positron emission of Ge. A) Ga B) As C) Zn D) As E) Ga Ga

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Identify the missing particle in the following nuclear equation: Identify the missing particle in the following nuclear equation: H + H → He + ? + g A) n B) n C) H D) n E) g H + Identify the missing particle in the following nuclear equation: H + H → He + ? + g A) n B) n C) H D) n E) g H → Identify the missing particle in the following nuclear equation: H + H → He + ? + g A) n B) n C) H D) n E) g He + ? + Identify the missing particle in the following nuclear equation: H + H → He + ? + g A) n B) n C) H D) n E) g g


A) Identify the missing particle in the following nuclear equation: H + H → He + ? + g A) n B) n C) H D) n E) g n
B) Identify the missing particle in the following nuclear equation: H + H → He + ? + g A) n B) n C) H D) n E) g n
C) Identify the missing particle in the following nuclear equation: H + H → He + ? + g A) n B) n C) H D) n E) g H
D) Identify the missing particle in the following nuclear equation: H + H → He + ? + g A) n B) n C) H D) n E) g n
E) Identify the missing particle in the following nuclear equation: H + H → He + ? + g A) n B) n C) H D) n E) g g

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Determine the identity of the daughter nuclide from the electron capture by Determine the identity of the daughter nuclide from the electron capture by Cl. A) Ar B) K C) S D) P E) Ar Cl.


A) Determine the identity of the daughter nuclide from the electron capture by Cl. A) Ar B) K C) S D) P E) Ar Ar
B) Determine the identity of the daughter nuclide from the electron capture by Cl. A) Ar B) K C) S D) P E) Ar K
C) Determine the identity of the daughter nuclide from the electron capture by Cl. A) Ar B) K C) S D) P E) Ar S
D) Determine the identity of the daughter nuclide from the electron capture by Cl. A) Ar B) K C) S D) P E) Ar P
E) Determine the identity of the daughter nuclide from the electron capture by Cl. A) Ar B) K C) S D) P E) Ar Ar

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Identify the elements discovered by Marie Curie.


A) polonium and radium
B) radium and cesium
C) argon and xenon
D) radon and xenon
E) selenium and tungsten

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The following reaction represents what nuclear process? The following reaction represents what nuclear process? U + n → Ba + Kr + 3 n A) nuclear fission B) nuclear fusion C) electron capture D) alpha capture E) beta capture U + The following reaction represents what nuclear process? U + n → Ba + Kr + 3 n A) nuclear fission B) nuclear fusion C) electron capture D) alpha capture E) beta capture n → The following reaction represents what nuclear process? U + n → Ba + Kr + 3 n A) nuclear fission B) nuclear fusion C) electron capture D) alpha capture E) beta capture Ba + The following reaction represents what nuclear process? U + n → Ba + Kr + 3 n A) nuclear fission B) nuclear fusion C) electron capture D) alpha capture E) beta capture Kr + 3 The following reaction represents what nuclear process? U + n → Ba + Kr + 3 n A) nuclear fission B) nuclear fusion C) electron capture D) alpha capture E) beta capture n


A) nuclear fission
B) nuclear fusion
C) electron capture
D) alpha capture
E) beta capture

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Calculate the mass defect in Mo-96 if the mass of a Mo-96 nucleus is 95.962 amu.The mass of a proton is 1.00728 amu and the mass of a neutron is 1.008665 amu.


A) 0.197 amu
B) 0.795 amu
C) 0.212 amu
D) 0.812 amu
E) 0.188 amu

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Determine the identity of the daughter nuclide from the electron capture by Determine the identity of the daughter nuclide from the electron capture by Rb. A) Kr B) Sr C) Br D) Y E) Kr Rb.


A) Determine the identity of the daughter nuclide from the electron capture by Rb. A) Kr B) Sr C) Br D) Y E) Kr Kr
B) Determine the identity of the daughter nuclide from the electron capture by Rb. A) Kr B) Sr C) Br D) Y E) Kr Sr
C) Determine the identity of the daughter nuclide from the electron capture by Rb. A) Kr B) Sr C) Br D) Y E) Kr Br
D) Determine the identity of the daughter nuclide from the electron capture by Rb. A) Kr B) Sr C) Br D) Y E) Kr Y
E) Determine the identity of the daughter nuclide from the electron capture by Rb. A) Kr B) Sr C) Br D) Y E) Kr Kr

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An archaeologist graduate student found a leg bone of a large animal during the building of a new science building.The bone had a carbon-14 decay rate of 14.8 disintegrations per minute per gram of carbon.Living organisms have a decay rate of 15.3 disintegrations per minute.How old is the bone?


A) 53.3 years
B) 275 years
C) 111 years
D) 25 years
E) 83 years

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Write the nuclear equation for the alpha decay of Write the nuclear equation for the alpha decay of Th. A) He + Th → U B) n + Th → Th C) Th → e + Ac D) Th → He + Ra E) Th → e + Pa Th.


A) Write the nuclear equation for the alpha decay of Th. A) He + Th → U B) n + Th → Th C) Th → e + Ac D) Th → He + Ra E) Th → e + Pa He +
Write the nuclear equation for the alpha decay of Th. A) He + Th → U B) n + Th → Th C) Th → e + Ac D) Th → He + Ra E) Th → e + Pa Th →
Write the nuclear equation for the alpha decay of Th. A) He + Th → U B) n + Th → Th C) Th → e + Ac D) Th → He + Ra E) Th → e + Pa U
B) Write the nuclear equation for the alpha decay of Th. A) He + Th → U B) n + Th → Th C) Th → e + Ac D) Th → He + Ra E) Th → e + Pa n +
Write the nuclear equation for the alpha decay of Th. A) He + Th → U B) n + Th → Th C) Th → e + Ac D) Th → He + Ra E) Th → e + Pa Th →
Write the nuclear equation for the alpha decay of Th. A) He + Th → U B) n + Th → Th C) Th → e + Ac D) Th → He + Ra E) Th → e + Pa Th
C) Write the nuclear equation for the alpha decay of Th. A) He + Th → U B) n + Th → Th C) Th → e + Ac D) Th → He + Ra E) Th → e + Pa Th →
Write the nuclear equation for the alpha decay of Th. A) He + Th → U B) n + Th → Th C) Th → e + Ac D) Th → He + Ra E) Th → e + Pa e +
Write the nuclear equation for the alpha decay of Th. A) He + Th → U B) n + Th → Th C) Th → e + Ac D) Th → He + Ra E) Th → e + Pa Ac
D) Write the nuclear equation for the alpha decay of Th. A) He + Th → U B) n + Th → Th C) Th → e + Ac D) Th → He + Ra E) Th → e + Pa Th →
Write the nuclear equation for the alpha decay of Th. A) He + Th → U B) n + Th → Th C) Th → e + Ac D) Th → He + Ra E) Th → e + Pa He +
Write the nuclear equation for the alpha decay of Th. A) He + Th → U B) n + Th → Th C) Th → e + Ac D) Th → He + Ra E) Th → e + Pa Ra
E) Write the nuclear equation for the alpha decay of Th. A) He + Th → U B) n + Th → Th C) Th → e + Ac D) Th → He + Ra E) Th → e + Pa Th →
Write the nuclear equation for the alpha decay of Th. A) He + Th → U B) n + Th → Th C) Th → e + Ac D) Th → He + Ra E) Th → e + Pa e +
Write the nuclear equation for the alpha decay of Th. A) He + Th → U B) n + Th → Th C) Th → e + Ac D) Th → He + Ra E) Th → e + Pa Pa

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Identify a beta particle.


A) Identify a beta particle. A) e B) n C) e D) n E) γ e
B) Identify a beta particle. A) e B) n C) e D) n E) γ n
C) Identify a beta particle. A) e B) n C) e D) n E) γ e
D) Identify a beta particle. A) e B) n C) e D) n E) γ n
E) Identify a beta particle. A) e B) n C) e D) n E) γ γ

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