WorksheetsPHYS6 Midterm Quiz 3
Total questions: 70
Worksheet time: 3hrs 36mins
He received the first Noble Prize in physics for his discovery of x-rays in 1901.
(a)
He received the Noble Prize in physics for being the first to discover radioactivity as a phenomenon separate from that of x-rays and document the differences between the two.
(a)
He discovered Roentgen's discovery of x-rays through the fluorescence that some materials emit.
(a)
She became the first woman to be awarded the Nobel prize.
(a)
She is the first person to obtain two Nobel prizes when she won the prize for the discovery of Polonium and Radium in 1911.
(a)
The person who originated or coined the word radioactivity.
(a)
He created a gadget that measures extremely low electrical currents.
(a)
They identified radioactive elements.
(a)
It is energy that originates from a source and travels at the speed of light through space.
(a)
This energy is coupled with an electric field and a magnetic field, and it has wave-like qualities.
(a)
It is defined as the emission or transmission of energy in the form of waves or particles through space or a material medium in physics.
(a)
It is stable if it cannot be changed into a different configuration without the addition of external energy.
(a)
Out of thousands of nuclides that exist, only (a) are stable.
It fall into a narrow band when the number of neutrons versus the number of protons for stable nuclei is plotted.
(a)
It is a narrow band when the number of neutrons versus the number of protons for stable nuclei is plotted.
(a)
The nuclei on the left and right of the band of stability are stable.
True
False
Nuclear decay reactions transform one unstable isotope (or radioisotope) into a more stable isotope.
True
False
It is a type of radioactive decay in which an atomic nucleus produces helium particles.
(a)
The heaviest nuclides are most likely to undergo alpha decay.
True
False
This mode of decay has only been detected in nuclides far heavier than nickel.
(a)
It is a type of radioactive decay in which an atomic nucleus emits a fast energetic electron or positron.
(a)
The nuclear binding energy of a nuclide determines its likelihood of decaying.
True
False
The valley of stability is formed by the binding energies of all existing nuclides.
True
False
It is a kind of radioactivity in which some unstable atomic nuclei spontaneously dissipate their surplus energy through an electromagnetic mechanism
(a)
It is emitted in the most common form of gamma decay, known as gamma emission.
(a)
The process of emitting gamma rays,
(a)
atoms of different elements with different atomic numbers and same mass number , are known as----------
isotopes
isobars
--------------are defined as the atoms of the same element,having the same atomic number but different mass numbers
isotopes
isobars
Isobars having ________ physical properties and ______ chemical properties.
same, different
different, same
same, same
different different
Isotopes having ________ physical properties and ______ chemical properties.
same, different
different, same
different, different
same, same
Argon and Calcium are
Isotopes
Isobars
Isotones
Cl-35 and Cl-37 are the pairs of ______________.
Isobars
Isotopes
Isotones
Isodiaphers
What is atomic number of phosphourous?
11
14
15
10
_____________ having same number of neutrons.
Isotones
Isotopes
Isobars
Isodiaphers
__________ having same difference of the number of neutrons and protons or having same (A-2Z) value.
Isotones
Isobars
Isotopes
Isodiaphers
Number of neutron in aluminium will be ____ if mass number of Al is 27.
12
14
13
15
Number of neutrons in Phosphide ion will be _______ if the mass number of phosphorous is 31.
18
17
15
16
Molecule of sulphur contains _____ atoms of sulphur.
8
2
6
1
How many electrons, protons present in Magnesium ion respectively.
12,10
10,12
12,12
14,12
Isobars exhibits similar
Mass number
Atomic mass
No. Of. Nucleons
Both 1&3
Which type of nuclear radiation is being emitted here?
Alpha
beta
gamma
none
If we start off with element 5024X, and alpha decay occurs we get another element [Y] that looks like....
5022Y
4622Y
4820Y
5426Y
Identify the missing substance in each of the following nuclear reactions.
_____→13756 Ba + 0−1B
13755Ba
13757La
13856Ba
13755Cs
168 O undergoes positron emission to form what isotope and decay particle?
167N + 01e
178O + 01e
166O + 01e
157N + 01e
For the following nuclear reaction, what is the identity of particle [X]?
X → 86Rn222 + 2He4
Astatine
Radon
Francium
Radium
How is the alpha particle written in a nuclear equation?
42He
24He
0-1e
00γ
85209At = ___ + 24He
Gamma rays have
no mass
a huge mass
a small mass
an average mass
614C = ___ + -10e
