8.4 The Uses of Radioactive Radiation

Your name.

Class

• 3 Gamma

• 3 Delta

• 3 Omega

For which of the following problems would a scientist most likely use carbon-14? 

• to calculate the age of the Earth's oldest rocks
• to calculate the age of a piece of bone 
• to identify the elements that make up a rock 
• to identify the elements that make up a bone

Where does radioactivity have application in our lives?

• Medicine
• Energy (electricity)
• Agriculture
• All of the above

Radioactive sources or radioactive waste storing can be done in containers with thick ____________ walls.

• Paper

• Aluminium

• Lead

• Glass

Robotic hands are used to

handle radioactive substances

safely.

• True

• False

Which of these is a use of alpha radiation?

• Sterilising food

• Smoke detectors

• Monitoring paper thickness

• Industrial tracers

What is this symbol name?

• Radiactive logo

• Radura logo

• Mandura logo

• Zatura Logo

Which of these is a use of beta radiation?

• Sterilising food

• Smoke detectors

• Monitoring metal sheet thickness

• Industrial tracers

Nuclear medicine (like radiation used in cancer treatment) is used to both diagnose and treat different diseases.

• True

• False