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Radioactive Decay Lab

Authored by Lisa Thompson

Science

9th Grade

NGSS covered

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Radioactive Decay Lab
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Complete the nuclear equation and determine the type of decay that is occurring in this reaction. 

alpha

beta

gamma

none

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Solve Alpha/Beta

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How is the alpha particle written in a nuclear equation?

42He

24He

0-1e

00γ

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Alpha/Beta

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Which type of nuclear radiation is being emitted here?

Alpha

beta

gamma 

none

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Alpha/Beta

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

If we start off with element 24X50 after an alpha decay we get another element Y that looks like

22Y50

22Y46

20Y48

26Y54

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Solve Alpha/Beta

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The length of time required for half of the radioactive atoms in a sample to decay is its...

era

age

half-life

eon

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Base your answers to questions on the graph below and on your knowledge of Earth science. The graph shows the decreasing percentage of a radioactive isotope, carbon-14 (¹⁴C), as it decays and the increasing percentage of the disintegration product that forms. What is the disintegration product of this radioactive isotope?

⁴⁰Ar

²⁰⁶Pb

¹⁴N

⁸⁷Sr

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following is defined as the breakdown of a radioactive element releasing particles and energy

Radiometric Dating

Half LIfe

Law of Superpostion

Radioactive Decay

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

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