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Radioactivity

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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Class
Date
1.

The half-life of Iodine-131 is 8 days. What does this mean?

a)

The lifespan of Iodine-131 is 8 days

b)

Iodine-131 takes 8 days to become a radioactive material

c)

Iodine-131 takes 8 days to decay to half the amount of its original amount

d)

Iodine-131 takes days to become a non-radioactive material

2.

Which of the following is a non-ionising radiation?

a)

X-ray

b)

Gamma Ray

c)

Microwave

d)

Beta Ray

3.

Which of the following is true about M?

a)

It is neutral

b)

Has high penetrating power

c)

Has high ionisation power

d)

Used to control thickness of metal

4.

"A random and spontaneous process where an unstable nucleus emits radioactive radiation until the nucleus becomes more stable.."

The statement above refer to...

a)

Half -life

b)

Nuclei decay

c)

Radioactivity

d)

Radioactive decay

5.

Iodin-131 decays with half-life is 8 days to become Xenon-131. Calculate the mass of Iodin-131 after 24 days with a mass of 60g.

a)

7.5 g

b)

8.5 g

c)

12.5 g

d)

15.5 g

6.

All examples below were radioactive substance, except for....

a)

Uranium-235

b)

Radon-222

c)

Thorium-234

d)

Carbon-16

7.

Alpha particles.....

a)

are positively charged.

b)

consist of two protons and four neutrons.

c)

can penetrate any thickness of matter

d)

All of the above

8.

When a nucleus undergoes gamma decay, the atomic number of the element....

a)

remains the same

b)

decreases by one.

c)

increases by one.

d)

increases by two.

9.

The type of radioactive particle that can be stopped by a sheet of paper is the ____.

a)

alpha particle

b)

beta particle

c)

gamma ray

10.

Negatively charged particles emitted from a nucleus at a high speed are ____.

a)

alpha particle

b)

gamma rays

c)

beta particles

11.

Two atoms of the same element but with different mass numbers are called________

a)

electrons

b)

isotopes

c)

ions

12.

In order of most to least penetrating radiation we have

a)

Alpha , Beta, Gamma

b)

Beta , Gamma , Alpha

c)

Gamma, Beta, Alpha

d)

Gamma, Alpha, Beta

13.

Which type of nuclear radiation is being emitted here?

a)

alpha

b)

beta

c)

gamma

14.

Gamma rays damage human cells/tissue.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

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)

3.0 g

b)

0.25 g

c)

0.3 g