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Radiation & Half-Life

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 1hrs 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is Half-life?
a)
The amount of time it takes for some of the nuclei in a sample of the isotope to decay
b)
The amount of time it takes for half the electrons in a sample of the isotope to decay
c)
The amount of time it takes for half the nuclei in a sample of the isotope to decay
d)
the amount of time it takes to double the nuclei in a sample of the isotope to decay
2.

What is the only difference between two different isotopes of the same element?

a)

Number of neutrons

b)

Number of protons

c)

Number of electrons

d)

Size of atom

3.

The % of the parent isotope remaining after 1 Half Life.

a)

50%

b)

25%

c)

12.5%

d)

6.25%

4.

The % of the parent isotope remaining after 2 Half Lives.

a)

50%

b)

25%

c)

12.5%

d)

6.25%

5.

The % of the parent isotope remaining after 3 Half Lives.

a)

50%

b)

25%

c)

12.5%

d)

6.25%

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.

If the half life of a radioactive element is 100yrs, how long would it take for the radioactivity to reduce by one half?

a)

200yrs

b)

100yrs

c)

50yrs

d)

300yrs

8.

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 4.8 minutes has elapsed?

a)

100.0g

b)

25.0g

c)

12.5g

d)

8.5g

9.

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?

a)

100.0g

b)

25.0g

c)

12.5g

d)

8.5g

10.
The half-life of strontium-90 is 25 years. How much strontium-90 will remain after 100 years if the initial amount is 4.0 g?
a)
3.0g
b)
0.25mg
c)
0.3g
d)
0.25g
11.

After 22,800 years, approximately what percentage of the original carbon-14 remains?

a)

15%

b)

12.5%

c)

6.25%

d)

3.125%

12.
Radioactive materials have unstable...
a)
electrons
b)
protons
c)
nuclei
d)
neutrons
13.
Two atoms of the same element but with different mass numbers are called________
a)
electrons
b)
isotopes
c)
ions
d)
reaction partners
14.
Takes two small nuclei and combines them into a larger nucleus
a)
fission
b)
fusion
15.
The splitting of a nucleus into smaller nuclei is
a)
fusion
b)
fission
c)
half-life
d)
gamma radiation