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REVIEW: Half Life Mini Quiz Practice

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 1hrs 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

You have 100 grams of radioactive C-14. The half life of C-14 is 5730 years.

How many grams are left after 1 half life?

a)

100 grams

b)

25 grams

c)

2 grams

d)

50 grams

2.

After the third half-life, how much of the sample is left?

a)

1/2

b)

1/3

c)

1/16

d)

1/8

3.

If the half-life of uranium-232 is 70 years, how many half-lives will it take for 10 g of it to be reduced to 1.25 g?

a)

1 half-life

b)

2 half-lives

c)

3 half-lives

d)

4 half-lives

4.
If one-fourth of the carbon-14 is remaining then how many half-lives have passed?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
5.
If 10 mg of iodine 131 is given to a patient, how much is left after 24 days? The half-life of iodine-131 is 8 days.
a)
1.25mg
b)
1.25g
c)
10g
d)
10mg
6.
The technetium-99 isotope has a half-life of 6.0 hours. If 100.0 mg were injected into a patient how much remains after 18 hours?
a)
33.0 mg
b)
12.5 mg
c)
.33 mg
d)
15.8 mg
7.
Barium-122 has a half-life of 2 minutes. A fresh sample weighing 80 g was obtained. If it takes 10 minutes to set up an experiment using barium-122, how much barium-122 will be left when the experiment begins?
a)
0.25g
b)
2.5g
c)
25g
d)
80g
8.

What is the half-life of an isotope if after 20.0 days you have 4.0 grams remaining of a 64.0 grams sample?

a)

1.25 days

b)

5.0 days

c)

80 days

d)

4.25 days

9.

What is the only difference between two different isotopes of the same element?

a)

Number of neutrons

b)

Number of protons

c)

Number of electrons

d)

Size of atom

10.

What is the Half life of this isotope?

a)

5 seconds

b)

10 seconds

c)

15 seconds

d)

20 seconds

11.

After 22,800 years, approximately what percentage of the original carbon-14 remains?

a)

15%

b)

12.5%

c)

6.25%

d)

3.125%