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What is nucleus?
A _______ is considered unstable because it has a different number of neutrons than the stable state of the element.
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What is parent nuclide?
The unstable isotope is called ____________.
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What is half-life?
The amount of radioactive material is measured by its ________.
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What is neutron?
Nuclear fission occurs because a radioactive isotope absorbs a _______.
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What are radioisotopes?
Due to radiation, ______________ are used a tracers.
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What are alpha, beta, and gamma?
The three types of radiation are ________, _________, and ______.
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What is helium?
Alpha decay releases 2 protons and 2 neutrons which is equivalent to the element _________.
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What is pattern?
Materials can have the same _________ but different half-lives.
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What is the splitting of an unstable nucleus into two stable nuclei?
Nuclear fission is ....
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What is Carbon-14?
______________ is used in determining the age of dead organisms.
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What is photon?
Gamma radiation consists of a _______ that is released from the unstable nucleus.
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What is proton?
When an isotope undergoes beta decay, the nucleus obtains a _________.
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What is altered?
Half-lives can't be __________ meaning it can't be slowed down or sped up.
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What is chain reaction?
A _____________ is a self-sustaining reaction in which the products of the reaction can initiate another similar reaction.
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What is Cobalt-60?
______________ is used in nuclear medicine since it releases gamma rays which are used in destroying cancerous cells.
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What is ionizing?
Alpha particles have high __________ power while gamma rays have low power.
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What is radioactive decay series?
A ___________________ is when an isotope undergoes decay but the daughter nuclide is unstable so it continues to undergo decay until a stable state is reached.
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What is 53.08 hrs and 8.375 g?
If you are given 134 g of Iodine-123 and it's half life is 13.27 hrs, how long would it take for one-sixteenth to remain? How much remains in grams?
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What is very close to each other, in a high temperature environment, and under a lot of pressure?
Nuclear fusion can only occur if the two nuclei are ....
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What is Phosphorus-32?
______________ is used in agriculture to trace the absorption of fertilizer.
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What is penetrating?
Ionizing power can also be reflective of _________ power since it is the opposite.
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What is 3 and 4?
Polonium-218 decays to Lead-206 by releasing _____ alpha particles and ____ beta particles.
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What are 1. many radioactive atoms, 2. gradually, each atom releases radiation to become more stable, and 3. over time, the activity of the material decreases because of the low presence of radioactive material
The pattern seen in a radioactive material is:
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What is mass loss?
When they combine, the ____ loss is converted into energy.
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What is alpha particles and gamma rays?
If the radioactive source is consumed by a living organism, the most harmful effects come from _____________ since they have high ionization power. If the radioactive source is outside of the living organism, the most harmful effects come from ____________ since they have high penetrating power.
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