Radioactivity and Nuclear Reactions

__________ the time it takes for half of the radioactive material in a sample to decay.

• Half-Life Decay
• Radiation

• Nuclear Fusion

• Nuclear Fission

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

__________ the release of a radioactive particle similar to an atom of helium from the nucleus.

• Alpha Radiation
• Beta Radiation

• Gamma Radiation

• Radioactivity

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

__________ Splitting of 1 larger atom into 2 or more smaller ones.

• Nuclear Fission
• Nuclear Fission

• Alpha Radiation

• Half-Life Decay

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

__________ the dense center of an atom made of positive protons and neutral neutrons.

• Nucleus
• Radiation

• Isotope

• Nuclear Fusion

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

__________ the release of a radioactive particle similar to an electron from the nucleus.

• Beta Radiation
• Gamma Radiation

• Half-life Decay

• Radioactivity

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

__________ two or more forms of the same element that contain equal numbers of protons but different numbers of neutrons in the nucleus.

• Isotopes
• Nucleus

• Radioactivity

• Isotope

__________ the emission of radiation.

• Radioactivity
• Half-Life Decay

• Beta Radiation

• Alpha Radiation

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

__________ The fusing/combining of 2 or more lighter atoms into a larger one.

• Nuclear Fusion
• Nuclear Fission

• Gamma Radiation

• Half-Life Decay

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

________________ particles released due to the disintegration of an atom's nucleus

• Radiation
• Nuclear Fusion

• Isotopes

• Radioactivity

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

release of electromagnetic energy from the nucleus

• Gamma Radiation

• Radiation

• Nuclear Fission

• Alpha Radiation

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8