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Half Life

Authored by Lisa Thompson

Science

9th Grade

NGSS covered

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1.

OPEN ENDED QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

If I have a sample of Carbon-14 with 12.5% of its original amount of radioactive material, how many half-lives have elapsed?

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1 min • 1 pt

The radioactive isotope Nickel-63 has a half-life of 100 years. How much would remain of a 10 gram sample after 400 years?

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1 min • 1 pt

How long will it take a sample of Polonium-194 to decay to 1/8 of its original amount, if it has a half-life of 0.7 seconds?

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1 min • 1 pt

Astatine-218 has a half-life of 1.6 seconds. Suppose you have a 1.2 gram sample of Astatine-218. How much would remain after 6.4 seconds?

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1 min • 1 pt

Thorium-234 has a half-life of 24 days. How much would remain after 72 days if you started with 100 grams?

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The time it takes for a radioactivity level to drop by a half is is the sample's ___________________.

quarter life

whole life

wonderful life

half life

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7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The time required for half of the nuclei of an isotope to decay.

Half-life

radioactive dating

critical mass

critical point

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