Nuclear Chemistry Requiz

Which reaction produces harmful radioactive waste?

• Fission

• Photosynthesis

• chain reaction

• Fusion

_____is the joining of atomic nuclei

• Fusion

• chain reaction

• Photosynthesis

• Fission

_______is the splitting of atomic nuclei

• Fission

• nuclear reaction

• Fusion

• bayler reaction

Which process occurs naturally in the centre of stars like the Sun

• Bi-multiple reaction

• Fission

• chemical

• fusion

What is a chain reaction?

• When electrons are emitted causing electricity
• When a nuclear fission reaction occurs, the protons emitted can strike other nuclei in the sample, and cause them to split
• When a nuclear fission reaction occurs, the neutrons emitted can strike other nuclei in the sample, and cause them to split
• When a nuclear fission reaction occurs, the electrons emitted can strike other nuclei in the sample, and cause them to split

How is the alpha particle written in a nuclear equation?

• ⁴₂He

• ²₄He

• ⁰_-1e

• ⁰₀γ

Which type of nuclear radiation is being emitted here?

• Alpha
• beta
• gamma 
• none

Solve this equation for alpha decay.
₈₅²⁰⁹At = ___ + ₂⁴He

• ₈₃²⁰⁵Bi
• ₈₆²⁰⁹Rn
• ₈₁²⁰⁷Tl
• ₈₅²⁰⁸At

Gamma rays have

• no mass

• a huge mass

• a small mass

• an average mass

Solve this equation for beta decay.
₆¹⁴C = ___ + _-1⁰e

• ₄¹⁰Be
• ₇¹⁴N
• ₂¹⁰He
• ₆¹³C