Nuclear Chemistry

Alpha particles contain ____________.

• two protons and two electrons

• two electrons and two neutrons

• four electrons

• two protons and two neutrons

Radioactivity can be harmful and cause disease because it affects __________.

• air

• water

• cells

• blood

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Gamma rays _________.

• have no mass and no charge

• have mass but no charge

• have no mass but have charge

• have both mass and charge

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During nuclear fission, a nucleus _________.

• grows

• divides

• shrinks

• combines with another

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What is the term for an ongoing series of nuclear reactions?

• fission

• chain reaction

• fusion

• nuclear

When a neutron turns into a proton in a nucleus, what sort of particle is emitted?

• Alpha

• Beta

• Gamma

• Photon

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What are found in the nucleus of an atom?

• protons and electrons

• electrons and neutrons

• protons, neutrons, and electrons

• protons and neutrons

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The image represents a/an _________.

• Alpha Particles

• Beta Particles

• Gamma Rays

• Photons

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The image represents a/an _________.

• Alpha Particle

• Beta Particle

• Gamma Ray

• Photon

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The image represents a/an ________.

• Alpha Particles

• Beta Particles

• Gamma Ray

• Photons

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