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What is the charge carried by a beta particle?

-1

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What divides in fission?

Neutrons

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fission is ?

man made

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Bombard, capture, or absorb means

the particle is on the left side

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neutrons ______ in fission

divide

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The isotope Bi-214 decays from 60.00 g to 7.50 g in 1 hour.  What is the amount of time for one half-life?

20 min

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What percent of the original sample remains after 4 hours?

40%

<p>40%</p>
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Radioactive C-14 has a half-life of about 5,000 years.  If a fossil is only about 25% as radioactive (compared to the original) as expected for living tissue of the same mass, the age of the fossil is about:

10,000 years

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In fission reactions, which particle is responsible for the continuation of the chain reaction?

neutrons

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Doctors use the radioactive isotope chromium-51 to label red blood cells in the human body. Chromium-51 gives off relatively ______ alpha particles that can be stopped by _______ .

(A) energetic; lead

(B) weak; a thin sheet of copper

(C) energetic; a thick sheet of copper.

(D) weak; a sheet of paper

D

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The three types of nuclear radiation in increasing order of penetrating power are _______.

alpha, beta. gamma

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Which of the following statements about nuclear fission is correct?

nuclear fission is an energetically favorable process for heavy atoms

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What causes this nuclear reaction to occur?

addition of neutron

<p>addition of neutron</p>
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A group of students proposed four different models to show the fusion of hydrogen to form helium. which model shows the process of nuclear fusion.

B

<p>B</p>
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Fusion is?

Natural

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what do you need for fusion

Hydrogen

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What isotopes of hydrogen are used for man-made fusion

Deuterium and Tritium

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Problem with fusion

costs alot of money and we are using more energy to create it then we are getting out of it

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Fusion equation

2/1H + 3/1H → 4/2 He + 1/0n

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during beta decay, where is the beta particle placed?

the right

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What are the products of fission?

Barium-141 and Krypton-92

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What are the products of fusioN?

Helium-4 and a neutron

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Which reaction releases more energy

fusion

alpha decay

beta decay

fission

fusion

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