Nuclear Chemistry Worksheet

Which type of radiation has the greatest penetrating power?

• Alpha
• Beta
• Gamma 
• Microwaves

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What happens to the atomic number during alpha decay?

• The atomic number decreases by 4
• The atomic number increases by 1
• The atomic number decreases by 2.
• The atomic number stays the same.

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Arrange in order of increasing ability to penetrate matter.

• Beta, gamma, alpha

• Alpha, gamma, beta

• Gamma, beta, alpha

• Alpha, beta, gamma

During fission, some of the nuclear mass is converted into

• energy
• heavier nuclei
• critical mass
• protons

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

• ¹⁴₅B
• ¹⁴₆C
• ¹⁴₇N
• ⁴₂He

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

Complete the nuclear equation and determine the type of decay that is occurring in this reaction. 

• alpha
• beta
• gamma
• none

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If we start off with element ₂₄X⁵⁰ after an alpha decay we get another element Y that looks like

• ₂₂Y⁵⁰
• ₂₂Y⁴⁶
• ₂₀Y⁴⁸
• ₂₆Y⁵⁴

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Alpha particles have a _____ charge.

• +2
• 0
• +1
• -1

Two or more nuclei combine to form one larger nucleus in the process of nuclear _____.

• Fusion
• Fission
• Tracing
• Decay

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

• ¹⁰₅B
• ¹⁰₅Ne
• ⁶₃Li
• ⁶₃C

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8