Fission and Fusion Vocabulary

This is a process of one nucleus decaying to two or more smaller nuclei.

• Fission

• Fusion

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This is the period of time it takes for a radioactive sample to decay to half of its original amount.

• Fission

• Fusion

• Half Life

• Beta decay

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Atoms of the same element with varying number of neutrons.

• Fission

• Fusion

• Isotope

• gamma radiation

Positively-charged particles consisting of two protons and two neutrons emitted by radioactive materials.

• alpha particle

• Beta particle

• gamma particle

• isotope

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Electrons emitted by the nucleus when a neutron is changed to a proton during radioactive decay.

• alpha particle

• Beta particle

• gamma particle

• isotope

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This is a high energy photon resulting from the redistribution of the charge within the nucleus.

• alpha particle

• beta particle

• gamma radiation

• isotope

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The process in which nuclei with small masses are combined to form a nucleus with a larger mass.

• fission

• fusion

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Power, especially electricity, the source of which is fission or fusion.

• Nuclear power

• nuclear bomb

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Byproducts of radioactive decay.

• nuclear waste

• nuclear energy

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The energy stored in bonds within the nucleus of an atom; energy released from a fission or fusion reaction.

• nuclear energy

• nuclear bomb

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