Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1.
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ongoing series of fission reactions a. | chain
reaction | c. | Geiger
counter | b. | alpha particle | d. | nuclear fission | | | | |
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2.
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electromagnetic wave with no mass and no charge that travels at the speed of light and
is usually emitted with alpha or beta particles a. | bubble chamber | c. | gamma ray | b. | nuclear
fission | d. | strong
force | | | | |
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3.
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process of changing one element to another through radioactive decay a. | nuclear
fission | c. | critical
mass | b. | transmutation | d. | half-life | | | | |
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4.
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particle with a +2 electrical charge and atomic mass of 4 that is made of two protons
and 2 neutrons and is emitted from a decaying atomic nucleus a. | alpha
particle | c. | critical
mass | b. | chain
reaction | d. | beta
particle | | | | |
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5.
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process of splitting a large atomic nucleus into two nuclei with smaller
masses a. | Geiger
counter | c. | radioactivity | b. | cloud chamber | d. | nuclear fission | | | | |
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6.
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process of fusing together two atomic nuclei with low masses to form one nucleus with
a larger mass a. | nuclear
fusion | c. | cloud
chamber | b. | bubble chamber | d. | tracer | | | | |
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7.
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electron with an atomic mass of 0 and a -1 electrical charge that is emitted at high
speed from a decaying atomic nucleus a. | chain reaction | c. | beta particle | b. | Geiger
counter | d. | strong
force | | | | |
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8.
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radioisotope that is used to find or keep track of molecules in an
organism a. | tracer | c. | gamma
ray | b. | radioactivity | d. | bubble
chamber | | | | |
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9.
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type
of tool that uses superheated liquid to detect and monitor the paths of nuclear
particles a. | bubble
chamber | c. | nuclear
fusion | b. | cloud chamber | d. | alpha particle | | | | |
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10.
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type
of tool that uses water or ethanol vapor to detect alpha and beta particle radiation a. | half-life | c. | critical
mass | b. | radioactivity | d. | cloud
chamber | | | | |
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11.
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amount of fissionable material required so that each
fission reaction produces approximately one more fission reaction
a. | critical
mass | c. | transmutation | b. | strong force | d. | Geiger counter | | | | |
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12.
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device that
measures radioactivity by producing an electric current when radiation is present (clicking or
flashing light)
a. | nuclear fusion | c. | chain reaction | b. | Geiger
counter | d. | radioactivity | | | | |
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13.
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amount of time it takes for half the nuclei in a sample
of radioactive isotope to decay
a. | cloud chamber | c. | nuclear fission | b. | gamma
ray | d. | half-life | | | | |
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14.
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process of
nuclear decay that takes place when the strong forces is not able to hold unstable nuclei together
permanently
a. | cloud chamber | c. | radioactivity | b. | strong
force | d. | gamma
ray | | | | |
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force that acts between protons and neutrons in an
atomic nucleus and keeps them together
a. | strong force | c. | tracer | b. | critical
mass | d. | chain
reaction | | | | |
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