Fission/Fusion Vocab Quiz

A penetrating form of radiation emitted by an unstable nucleus

• Half-life

• Critical mass

• Gamma Ray

• Transmutation

Charged particles & electromagnetic waves that are emitted from the nuclei of radioisotopes

• Alpha particle

• Beta particle

• Nuclear radiation

• Gamma Ray

A series of fission reactions triggered by neutrons released during the fission of a nucleus

• Nuclear Reaction

• Chain Reaction

• Emitted Reaction

• Strong Nuclear Force

A nuclear reaction in which an atomic nucleus is split into two smaller parts

• Fission

• Plasma

• Fusion

• Quark

A positively charge particle, emitted by certain radioactive nuclei, made of 2 protons & 2 neutrons

• Alpha particle

• Beta particle

• Transmutation

• Gamma ray

An electron emitted by an unstable nucleus

• Quark

• Beta particle

• Alpha particle

• Transmutation

The time required for one half of a sample of a radioactive isotope to decay

• After-life

• Half-life

• Nine-lives

• Alter-life

The process in which an unstable atomic nucleus emits charged particles & energy

• Half-life

• Radioactivity

• Beta Activity

• Nucleus Activity

A nuclear reaction in which the nuclei of two atoms combine to form a larger nucleus

• Fusion

• Fission

• Plasma

• Quark

A subatomic particle theorized to be among the basic units of matter

• Quark

• Half-life

• Beta particle

• Mutation