Radioactivity

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  1. Which is not a form of ionizing radiation?

    2. Your answer:
    Alpha rays
    infrared
    Gamma Rays
    Beta rays

  2. Carbon 14 is a radioactive isotope of carbon

    3. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  3. Stable isotopes tend to be radioactive

    4. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  4. Which is not an effect of radiation on living tissue?

    5. Your answer:
    causes mutations
    hair growth increased
    burns
    destruction of blood cells

  5. The Geiger-Muller tube is a tool for detecting radiation

    6. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  6. alpha particles consist of Helium nuclei and have positive charge

    7. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  7. Alpha particles are

    8. Your answer:
    harmless
    not stopped by paper because of their large size
    highly ionizing and cause much damage to cells
    travel long distances through air

  8. Beta particles consist of positively charged Helium nuclei

    9. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  9. Beta particles are stopped by a few millimeters of aluminum

    10. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  10. Gamma radiation...which is false?

    11. Your answer:
    travels long distances
    is only stopped by a few centimeters of lead or thick concrete
    is charged
    is uncharged

  11. Cancer cells can be killed by radiation

    12. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  12. Cancer is caused by radiation

    13. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  13. Medical uses of radiation include all except

    14. Your answer:
    sterilizing surgical instruments
    treatment of tumors
    tracers for checking function of organs
    sterilization of the intestinal bacteria before an operation.

  14. Radiation is used to check the thickness of metal sheets

    15. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  15. Radiocarbon dating is a way of dating organic materials using Carbon 12 isotopes

    16. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  16. Background radiation sources include all except

    17. Your answer:
    stable isotopes of carbon and oxygen
    artificial sources (example: medical x-rays)
    cosmic rays
    radon gas in air

  17. Half Life is defined as the time taken for one fourth the nuclei of a radioactive substance to decay

    18. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  18. Carbon 14 has a half life in excess of 1 million years

    19. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  19. A substance has a half life of two years. In how many years will there be 1/8 of the original nuclei undecayed?

    20. Your answer:
    4
    6
    2
    8

  20. Nuclear power stations produce less waste and pollution than coal fired power stations

    21. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  21. An atomic bomb is the result of an uncontrolled nuclear chain reaction

    22. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  22. Chernobyl: which is not true

    23. Your answer:
    produced a great deal of fallout across W. Europe
    is not an ongoing risk even today after 20 years
    was caused by an explosion during a safety test
    Is killing thousands of people from cancer

  23. Fusion is cleaner than fission...less possibility of radioactive contamination and waste

    24. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  24. Nuclear waste needs to be carefully managed for thousands of years to avoid contamination of our environment

    25. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  25. The half life of a radioactive atom is 2 months. Starting with 1 gram, after 6 months how much will remain?

    26. Your answer:
    will remain radioactive for thousands of years
    1/2
    1/4
    1/8

  26. Three Mile Island Nuclear Reactor had a similar accident to Chernobyl in 1979

    27. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  27. Chernobyl caused background radiation 1000 times that of normal

    28. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  28. Chernobyl caused a 10000 times increase in thyroid cancers

    29. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  29. Chhernobyl caused a 250% increase in birth defects

    30. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  30. Nuclear power reactors that make electricity commercially are all fusion type

    31. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

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