Half Lives

What is Half-life?

• The amount of time it takes for some of the nuclei in a sample of the isotope to decay
• The amount of time it takes for half the electrons in a sample of the isotope to decay
• The amount of time it takes for half the nuclei in a sample of the isotope to decay
• the amount of time it takes to double the nuclei in a sample of the isotope to decay

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

Barium-122 has a half-life of 2 minutes. A fresh sample weighing 80 g was obtained. If it takes 10 minutes to set up an experiment using barium-122, how much barium-122 will be left when the experiment begins?

• 0.25g
• 2.5g
• 25g
• 80g

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CCSS.HSF.LE.A.4

The half life of iodine-131 is 8.040 days. What percentage of an iodine-131 sample will remain after 40.20 days?

• 312.5%
• 31.25%
• .3125%
• 3.125%

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CCSS.HSF.LE.A.4

What is the half-life of iodine-131?

• 32 days
• 8 days
• 16 days
• 24 days

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

What percent of carbon-14 would be left after 5730 years?

• 100%
• 75%
• 50%
• 25%

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

What percent of carbon-14 would be left after 11,460 years?

• 100%
• 75%
• 50%
• 25%

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

If one-fourth of the carbon-14 is remaining then how many half-lives have passed?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

The half-life of Zn-71 is 2.4 minutes. If one had 100.0 g at the beginning, how many grams would be left after 7.2 minutes has elapsed?

• 100.0g
• 50.0g
• 12.5g
• 8.5g

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CCSS.HSF.LE.A.4

After the third half-life, how much of a radioactive sample is left?

• 1/2
• 1/3
• 1/16
• 1/8

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

As a sample of Neon-19 undergoes radioactive decay, its half-life will

• decrease
• increase
• remain the same
• start over

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