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Unit 7 review

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the process of splitting a larger atom into smaller atoms?

a)

Fission

b)

Fusion

c)

Half Lives

d)

Radioactivity

2.

The process in which multiple atomic nuclei combine producing large amounts of energy?

a)

Fission

b)

Fusion

c)

Half Lives

d)

Radioactivity

3.

What is the amount of time required for HALF of a sample to decay or die off?

a)

Fission

b)

Fusion

c)

Half Lives

d)

Radioactivity

4.

If we start with 400 atoms of a radioactive substance, how many would remain after four half-lives?

a)

200

b)

100

c)

50

d)

25

5.

If we start with 300 atoms of a radioactive substance, how many would remain after two half-lives?

a)

300

b)

150

c)

125

d)

100

6.

If we start with 2000 atoms of a radioactive substance, how many would remain after three half-lives?

a)

1000

b)

250

c)

500

d)

125

7.

If we start with 120 atoms of a radioactive substance, how many will remain after three halflives?________

a)

60

b)

30

c)

15

d)

120

8.

What is this?

a)

Fission

b)

Fusion

9.

What is this?

a)

Fission

b)

Fusion

10.

If we start with 48 atoms of a radioactive substance, how many would remain after two half-lives?

a)

24

b)

12

c)

6

d)

3

11.

If we start with 16 grams of a radioactive substance, how much will remain after three halflives?________

a)

8

b)

4

c)

2

d)

1

12.

What are atoms of the same kind with a

different amount of neutrons than protons in

the nucleus of the atom?

a)

Atoms

b)

Electron

c)

Isotopes

13.

A positively charged particle made up of two protons and two neutrons

a)

Alpha Particles

b)

Beta Particles

c)

Gamma Rays

14.

An electron emmited by an unstable nucleus

A neutron decomposes into a proton and an electron

a)

Gamma Rays

b)

Alpha Particles

c)

Beta Particles

15.

A penetrating ray of energy emmited by an unstable nucleus and has no charges and no mass

a)

Beta Particles

b)

Gamma Rays

c)

Alpha Particles

16.

What is the process in which an unstable atomic nucleus emits charged particles and energy?

a)

Radioactivity

b)

Radiation

c)

Alpha Particles

d)

Gamma Rays

17.

What are the particles or waves of energy given off when a nucleus goes through radioactivity decay?

a)

Radioactivty

b)

Gamma Rays

c)

Radiation

d)

Beta Particles

18.

What are these equations?

a)

Fusion

b)

Fission

c)

Radioactivity

d)

Half Lives

19.

What are these equations?

a)

Fusion

b)

Radioactivity

c)

Fission

d)

Half Live

20.

During nuclear decay, atoms of one element can change into (a)   of a different element all together

21.

______ particles can be can pass through paper but is stopped by

skin also is stopped by thin metal or wood

a)

Beta

b)

Alpha

c)

Gamma

22.

________ particles can be stopped by a sheet of paper.

a)

Gamma

b)

Beta

c)

Alpha

23.

________ particles can be

stopped by 7 cm of lead or several feet of concrete

a)

Alpha

b)

Gamma

c)

Beta