Types of Radiation

Which type of radiation has the largest mass?

• beta

• gamma

• alpha

• electrons

travels at 300 000 000 m/s

• Beta Particle

• Helium Nucleus

• Gamma Rays

• Alpha Particles

Causes the most ionisation?

• Gamma Photons

• Helium Nuclei

• Fast moving Electrons

• Beta Particles

Has zero electrical charge

• Alpha Particles

• Beta Particles

• Gamma Photons

• Protons

Is identical to a helium nucleus

• Electromagnetic Waves

• Beta Particle

• Gamma Photons

• Alpha Particle

Can be stopped by your hand

• Gamma Photons and Beta Particles

• Alpha Particles

• Alpha Particles and Beta Particles

• Gamma Photons only

Which particles can be deflected by an electric and magnetic field

• Alpha Particles and Gamma Particles

• Beta and fast moving electrons

• Gamma Photons only

• Beta and Alpha Particles only

Thorium 234 transmutates to Uranium 234, this shows

• Alpha Decay

• Gamma Decay and Alpha Decay

• No decay at all

• Beta Decay

Uranium 238 transmutates to Thorium 234, this shows

• Gamma Photon Decay

• No decay at all

• Alpha Decay

• Beta Decay

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

Name two sources of Background Radiation

• Bananas and Plastic Bottles

• Granite and Cosmic Rays

• Radiowaves and Cotton

• lead and gold