Half-Life Quiz 1.0

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9th Grade
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Joshua Folkwein
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A 200 g sample of carbon-14 decays to 25 g in 17,190 years. What is the half-life of carbon-14?
5,730 years
11,460 years
22,920 years
34,380 years
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Thorium-234 has a half-life of 24.1 days. How long will it take for a 160 g sample to decay to 10 g?
96.4 days
120.5 days
72.3 days
144.6 days
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NGSS.HS-PS1-8
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Polonium-214 has a half-life of 0.00016 seconds. How long will it take for a 500 g sample to decay to 62.5 g?
0.00032 seconds
0.00048 seconds
0.00064 seconds
0.00096 seconds
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NGSS.HS-PS1-8
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A 300 g sample of iodine-131 decays to 37.5 g in 24.0 days. What is the half-life of this isotope?
6.0 days
8.0 days
12.0 days
4.0 days
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NGSS.HS-PS1-8
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A 50 g sample of thorium-230 decays to 3.125 g in 3.2 million years. What is the half-life of thorium-230?
1.6 million years
0.8 million years
2.4 million years
3.2 million years
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NGSS.HS-PS1-8
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A 480 g sample of uranium-234 decays to 15 g in 95 days. What is the half-life of uranium-234?
15 days
19 days
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NGSS.HS-PS1-8
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Strontium-90 has a half-life of 28.8 years. How much of a 40 g sample will remain after 115.2 years?
2.5 g
5.0 g
10.0 g
1.25 g
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NGSS.HS-PS1-8
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