Nuclear quiz

The person who first came up with the concept of the atom.

• Dalton

• Democritus

• Curie

• Thompson

The person who discovered that electrons have distinct energy levels.

• Dalton

• Curie

• Thompson

• Bohr

The person who discovered rocks that naturally give off ionizing radiation. Not the first to discover x-rays.

• Roentgen

• Curie

• Thompson

• Rutherford

The person who proved the existence of the atom. Thought they were solid balls.

• Democritus

• Roentgen

• Rutherford

• Dalton

The person who noticed a light ray that showed his bones.

• Roentgen

• Rutherford

• Curie

• Thompson

Atoms that don't have a stable ratio of neutrons and protons

• Fluorescence

• Radioisotopes

• Decay chain

• Radiation

The person who discovered atoms have charged particles.

• Thompson

• Curie

• Rutherford

• Dalton

A neutron can break up into a proton and electron, thereby emitting an energetic electron (think about what kind of radiation this is).

• True

• False

The word 'atom' means

• Invisible

• Indivisible

• Really small

• Lots of them

The least dangerous type of radiation to us is:

• Alpha

• Beta

• Gamma

• Delta