Rad Bio Section 3

What is the term used to describe the rate at which energy is deposited in the form of a charged particle or an ion pair as it travels through matter?

• RBE
• LET
• OER
• protraction

What does the term aerobic mean

• without oxygen
• oxygenated
• low oxygen
• anoxic

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-3

What is the term given to describe a quantitative expression describing the relative effect and increase in biologic damage caused by an increase in LET?

• RBE
• LET
• OER
• protraction

Which of the following is used to describe radiation quality? Different types of radiation have different values assigned to them based on their ability to produce biologic damage.  

• WT
• WR
• Effective Dose
• ESE

When a cell dies before replicating it is called? 

• prophase death
• metaphase death
• interphase death
• mitotic delay

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-4

What is the term used to describe when a dose of radiation is delivered at a lower dose rate but is given continuously?  

• division reduction
• fractionation
• protraction
• quantification

Which of the following radiation would be considered high LET?

• gamma
• x-ray
• beta
• alpha

 What is the term that describes when a dose is delivered but is divided into equal fractions? 

• division reduction
• fractionation
• protraction
• quantification

As LET increases , RBE will_________. 

• increase
• decrease
• not change
• double

What type of dose response curve describes most late effects such as leukemia, cancer, and genetic effects?

• linear threshold
• non-linear threshold
• linear non-threshold
• non-linear non-threshold