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Half-Life

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

If you change external conditions (i.e. temperature, pressure, etc.) the half-life of a substance will

a)

Increase

b)

Decrease

c)

Stay the same

2.

If 10.0 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.

a)

1.25 mg

b)

2.50 mg

c)

5.00 mg

d)

10.0 mg

3.

The half-life of strontium-90 is 25 years. How much strontium-90 was originally present if 0.25 g is present in a sample after 100 years?

a)

4.0 g

b)

2.0 g

c)

0.13 g

d)

0.25 g

4.
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?
a)
1 half-life
b)
2 half-lives
c)
3 half-lives
d)
4 half-lives
5.
What is the half-life of iodine-131?
a)
32 days
b)
8 days
c)
16 days
d)
24 days
6.

You have 100 grams of radioactive C-14. The half-life of C-14 is 5730 years. How many grams are left after 1 half-life?

a)

100 grams

b)

25 grams

c)

2 grams

d)

50 grams

7.

After 4 half-lives, 1.0 g of a sample of Krypton-85 remains. What was the original mass of the sample?

a)

16 g

b)

32 g

c)

0.063 g

d)

0.25 g

8.

What is the half-life of this isotope?

a)

3 days

b)

5 days

c)

8 days

d)

10 days

9.

The half-life of Zn-71 is 2.4 minutes. If you had 100. g to start, how many grams would you have left after 7.2 minutes has elapsed?

a)

100. g

b)

50.0 g

c)

12.5 g

d)

8.50 g

10.

Barium-122 has a half-life of 2 minutes. A fresh sample weighing 80.0 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?

a)

0.250 g

b)

2.50 g

c)

25.0 g

d)

80.0 g