Radioisotopes

True or False:  During nuclear decay atoms of one element can change into atoms of a different element altogether. 

• True

• False

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This is an electron emitted by an unstable nucleus and has a negative charge

• beta particle

• alpha particle

• gamma rays

• nuclear electrons

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Is a penetrating ray of energy emitted by an unstable nucleus. 

• gamma ray

• beta particle

• alpha particle

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The process in which an unstable atomic nucleus emits charged particles and energy

• Radioisotope

• Radioactivity

• Strong nuclear force

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What would two different isotopes of an atom have in common?

• Number of neutrons 

• Number of protons

• Atomic weight 

• Atomic mass

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the time required for one half of a sample of a radioactive isotope to decay

• half-life

• fission

• fusion

• radioactivity

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an isotope with an unstable nucleus

• nuclear radiation

• radioactivity

• radioisotope

• background radiation

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charged particles and electromagnetic waves that are emitted from the nuclei of radioisotopes

• nuclear radiation

• radioactivity

• radioisotope

• background radiation

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an electron emitted by an unstable nucleus

• alpha particle

• beta particle

• gamma ray

• radioactivity

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Any atom containing an unstable nucleus.

• radioisotope

• beta particle

• alpha particle

• x-ray

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