Alpha Particle Practice

Uranium-245 undergoes alpha decay. What is the resulting isotope?

• Thorium-241

• Thorium-245

• Plutonium-241

• Plutonium-245

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

Cobalt-60 undergoes alpha decay resulting in:

• Manganese-56

• Manganese-64

• Copper-56

• Copper-64

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

An unknown element undergoes alpha decay and creates Terbium-159 (Tb). What was the element?

• Holmium-163

• Europium-155

• Halfnium-163

• Tin-155

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

¹⁹²Ir → α + _______

• ¹⁸⁸Re

• ¹⁸⁸W

• ¹⁹²Re

• ¹⁹⁶W

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

²⁵⁰U → α + ______

• ²⁴⁶Th

• ²⁵⁰Th

• ²⁴⁶Pu

• ²⁵⁴Pu

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8