Radioactive Decay Lab

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

How is the alpha particle written in a nuclear equation?

• ⁴₂He

• ²₄He

• ⁰_-1e

• ⁰₀γ

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Alpha/Beta

Which type of nuclear radiation is being emitted here?

• Alpha

• beta

• gamma 

• none

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Alpha/Beta

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

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

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

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

If some Protactinium (Pa) decays by alpha it would become...

• Actinium (Ac)

• Thorium( (Th)

• Uranium (U)

• Neptunium (Np)

• Plutonium (Pu)

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Solve Alpha/Beta

Solve this equation for beta decay.
₆¹⁴C = ___ + _-1⁰e

• ₄¹⁰Be

• ₇¹⁴N

• ₂¹⁰He

• ₆¹³C

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Solve Alpha/Beta

In a correctly written symbol what would be located in the "Z" position?

• number of neutrons

• atomic number

• number of electrons

• mass number

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Notation