half life

What is Half-life?

• The amount of time it takes for some of the nuclei in a sample of the isotope to decay
• The amount of time it takes for half the electrons in a sample of the isotope to decay
• The amount of time it takes for half the nuclei in a sample of the isotope to decay
• the amount of time it takes to double the nuclei in a sample of the isotope to decay

The half-life of Zn-71 is 2.4 minutes. If one had 100.0 g at the beginning, how many grams would be left after 7.2 minutes has elapsed?

• 100.0g
• 50.0g
• 12.5g
• 8.5g

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After the third half-life, how much of the sample is left?

• 1/2
• 1/3
• 1/16
• 1/8

Barium-122 has a half-life of 2 minutes. A fresh sample weighing 80 g was obtained. If it takes 10 minutes to set up an experiment using barium-122, how much barium-122 will be left when the experiment begins?

• 0.25g
• 2.5g
• 25g
• 80g

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The half-life of strontium-90 is 25 years. How much strontium-90 will remain after 100 years if the initial amount is 4.0 g?

• 3.0g
• 0.25mg
• 0.3g
• 0.25g

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If the half-life of uranium-232 is 70 years, how many half-lives will it take for 10 g of it to be reduced to 1.25 g?

• 1 half-life
• 2 half-lives
• 3 half-lives
• 4 half-lives

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What is the half-life of iodine-131?

• 32 days
• 8 days
• 16 days
• 24 days

If one-fourth of the carbon-14 is remaining then how many half-lives have passed?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Why do some elements have half-lives?

• they radioactively decay

• half of their atom gets stolen

• They are Twizzlers that break in half

What is the Half Life of this isotope?

• 3 days

• 5 days

• 8 days

• 10 days