WorksheetsRecitation 2 3rd Quarter Week 1&2
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Iodine-131 is an isotope of iodine that emits radiation and is used for medical purposes. What is the atomic number of the protons and neutrons of this radioactive isotope, respectively?
53 and 131
131 and 53
53 and 78
78 and 53
In 1985, he discovered the X-ray through his cathode ray tube experiment.
Antoine Henri Becquerel
Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen
Marie Curie
Ernest Rutherford
In 1896, Antoine Henri Becquerel unintentionally discovered radioactivity with the idea of phosphorescence and his photographic plate experiment with the use of the element, ________.
radium
polonium
thorium
uranium
Gamma ray was discovered by Paul Ulrich Villard while studying the radiation emanating from Radium. This happened in ______.
1900
1905
1986
1989
The term radioactivity was actually coined by ___________.
Pierre Curie
Marie Curie
Antoine Henri Becquerel
Ernest Rutherford
In 1899, Ernest Rutherford showed that radioactive substances emit more than one kind of radiation. He named the less-penetrating emanations _______ and the more-powerful ones ______.
beta rays; alpha rays
alpha rays; gamma rays
gamma rays; beta rays
alpha rays; beta rays
What makes something radioactive?
elements with an atomic number above 81
contaminated sewage
an unstable nucleus
It decays over time
_______________ is the process by which unstable atoms emit radiation until they become stable.
Radiation
Radioactive Decay
Chemical Reaction
Isotopes
In order of most to least penetrating radiation we have __________.
Alpha , Beta, Gamma
Gamma, Beta, Alpha
Beta , Gamma , Alpha
Gamma, Alpha, Beta
Which type of radiation releases an electron?
Alpha radiation
Gamma radiation
Beta radiation
Theta radiation
What particle is released when an unstable isotope undergoes alpha radiation?
a helium nucleus
a photon of light
an electron
a neutron
Which type of nuclear radiation can be stopped by 60cm aluminum or 7cm of lead?
Alpha
Beta
Gamma
All of them
It is a method of inducing a nuclear reaction wherein a stable isotope are bombarded with high-speed particles such as proton and electrons.
Radioactivity
Natural Radioactivity
Artificial Radioactivity
Either Natural or Artificial Radioactivity
Artificial radioactivity was discovered by husband and wife, Frederic Joliot and Irene Joliot-Curie in 1934. They made the exciting and important observation that the positrons which was emitted when _______ was bombarded with alpha particles from Po continued to be emitted after the source of alpha particles was removed.
Boron
Aluminum
Uranium
Iodine
Rutherford was also the first to discover artificially induced radioactivity.
Through the bombardment of alpha particles against nuclei of N-14, Rutherford produced ______.
O-17
O-18
O-19
O-20
