Decay

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Science
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10th Grade
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Hard
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Lisa Thompson
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15 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
If the half-life of uranium-232 is 70 years, how many half-lives will it take for 10 g of it to be reduced to 1.25 g?
half-life
half-lives
half-lives
half-lives
Tags
NGSS.HS-PS1-8
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the half-life of iodine-131?
32 days
8 days
16 days
24 days
Tags
NGSS.HS-PS1-8
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is Half-life?
The amount of time it takes for some of the nuclei in a sample of the isotope to decay
The amount of time it takes for half the electrons in a sample of the isotope to decay
The amount of time it takes for half the nuclei in a sample of the isotope to decay
the amount of time it takes to double the nuclei in a sample of the isotope to decay
Tags
NGSS.HS-PS1-8
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The half-life of Zn-71 is 2.4 minutes. If one had 100.0 g at the beginning, how many grams would be left after 7.2 minutes has elapsed?
100.0g
50.0g
12.5g
8.5g
Tags
NGSS.HS-PS1-8
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Barium-122 has a half-life of 2 minutes. A fresh sample weighing 80 g was obtained. If it takes 10 minutes to set up an experiment using barium-122, how much barium-122 will be left when the experiment begins?
0.25g
2.5g
25g
80g
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
If 10 mg of iodine 131 is given to a patient, how much is left after 24 days? The half-life of iodine-131 is 8 days.
25mg
25g
10g
10mg
Tags
NGSS.HS-PS1-8
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
After the third half-life, how much of the sample is left?
1/2
1/3
1/16
1/8
Tags
NGSS.HS-PS1-8
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