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Unit 3- National 5 Nuclear Decay

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which choice is the correct alpha decay of uranium-238?

a)
b)
c)
d)
2.

What type of decay does this symbol represent?

a)

beta decay

b)

alpha decay

c)

fission

d)

fusion

3.

What type of decay does this symbol represent?

a)

beta decay

b)

alpha decay

c)

gamma decay

d)

fusion

4.

Solve the nuclear decay reaction:

a)
b)
c)
d)
5.
If the atomic mass is 200, and alpha radiation is used, what is the atomic mass of the daughter particle?
a)
200
b)
198
c)
196
d)
194
6.
What is emitted during Alpha Radiation?
a)
A helium nuclei.
b)
A helium atom
c)
Gamma Rays.
d)
Positrons
7.

In alpha decay when the top number decreases by 4, what are you actually losing?

a)

2 protons & 2 neutrons

b)

4 protons

c)

2 protons & 2 electrons

d)

2 electrons & 2 neutrons

8.
Negatively charged particles emitted from a nucleus at a high speed are ____.  
a)
alpha particle
b)
gamma rays
c)
beta particles
d)
X rays
9.

Gamma rays _________.

a)

have no mass and no charge

b)

have mass but no charge

c)

have no mass but have charge

d)

have mass and charge

10.

finish the equation


18173Ta --> ____ + 18174W

a)

42He

b)

0-1e

c)

y

11.

Solve this equation.

85209At = ___ + 24He

a)

83205Bi

b)

86209Rn

c)

81207Tl

d)

85208At

12.

Solve this equation for.

614C = ___ + -10e

a)

410Be

b)

714N

c)

210He

d)

613C

13.
In a correctly written symbol what would be located in the "A" position?
a)
number of neutrons
b)
atomic number
c)
number of electrons 
d)
mass number
14.

In a correctly written symbol what would be located in the "Z" position?

a)

number of neutrons

b)

atomic number

c)

number of electrons

d)

mass number

15.

Carbon-14 and carbon-12 have the same number of protons but a different number of neutrons. These different forms of the same element are called

a)

radioactive

b)

isotopes

c)

nuclei

d)

tracers

16.

If Bromine has 35 protons and a mass of 80, how many neutrons does it have?

a)

35

b)

115

c)

45

17.
A helium nucleus with two protons and two neutrons is called a(n) ____.  
a)
alpha particle
b)
electroscope
c)
beta particle
d)
gamma ray
18.
The most penetrating type of radiation is the ____.  
a)
alpha particle
b)
gamma ray
c)
beta particle
d)
uranium
19.
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 

20.
Negatively charged particles emitted from a nucleus at a high speed are ____.  
a)
alpha particle
b)
gamma rays
c)
beta particles
d)
X rays
21.

What nuclear decay reaction gives of extremely high energy waves?

a)

alpha

b)

beta

c)

gamma