Nuclear Decay Types
Nuclear Vocabulary
Isotopes
Avg Atomic Mass
Fission and Fusion
100

Complete the reaction: 

22286Rn --> 42He + _____

21884Po

100

Spontaneous emission of particles and/or energy during nuclear decay

Radioactvity

100

What does the # in Carbon-12 tell us? 

Mass number (protons+neutrons) 

100

What is the average atomic mass of Silicon if:

Silicon-27 has 84.25% abundace and

Silicon-28 has 15.75% abundace? 

27.16amu

100

Heavier nuclei split to form lighter nuclei

Fission

200

Complete the reaction: 

3215P --> ____ + 0-1e-

Beta Particle

0-1e-

200

Refers to the particles or energy release during nuclear decay

Radiation

200

What element has 9 protons, 10 neutrons, and 9 electrons. Use hyphen notation. 

Fluorine- 19

200

Krypton has 2 isotopes: 

Krypton-83 has mass of 83.21 and is 96.46% abundant

Krypton-84 has mass of 84.21 and is 3.45% abundant. 

What is the average atomic mass? 

83.17amu 

200

This reaction is used in nuclear power plants

Fission

300
What is the mass number of the missing element? 


10846Bi --> ____ + alpha particle

20481Xe 

Mass Number = 204

300

Spontaneous disintegration of a nucleus

Nuclear Decay

300

How many neutrons are in Uranium-235? 

235-92= 143 neutrons 

300

This reaction is found on the sun and in stars

Fusion

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