Synthesis of New Elements in the Laboratory

The periodic table is organized by the number of ______ in each element's nucleus

• neutrons
• protons
• electrons
• atoms

What do these symbols represent?

• alpha particle
• beta particle
• neutron
• gamma ray

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How many protons are in this atom?

• 3
• 4
• 6
• 10

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How many neutrons are in this isotope of Uranium?

• 235
• 92
• 327
• 143

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What type of nuclear equation is this?

• fusion
• fission
• alpha
• beta

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Which of the following is NOT a synthetic element?

• Boron

• Curium

• Americium

• Berkelium

These are chemical elements that do not occur naturally on Earth?

• natural-occurring elements

• synthetic elements

• nuclear elements

• thermonuclear elements

This element was in honor of Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite and benefactor of science and it can only be produced in particle accelerators by bombarding lighter elements with charged particle.

• Nobelium

• Curium

• Dubnium

• Alfrenium

What is the missing isotope that will balance the following nuclear equation?
⁹₄Be  +  ¹₁H →  _____  +  ⁴₂He

• ¹⁰₅B
• ¹⁰₅Ne
• ⁶₃Li
• ⁶₃C

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Balance the following equation:
¹⁴₆C --> ⁰_-1e + ________

• ¹⁴₅B
• ¹⁴₆C
• ¹⁴₇N
• ⁴₂He

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