Vocabulary
Nuclear Reactions and Radioactive Decay
Half-Life
Past Topics
Miscellaneous
100

Alpha particles, beta particles and/or gamma rays are given off when this type of reaction occurs. 

Radioactive Decay or Radioactive Death

Radioactive Decay 

100

When Uranium split it makes these two elements. 

Hint: Use your Interactive Notebook

What is Krypton and Barium

100

This amount of a substance remains after1 half live:

What is 1/2

100

A pure chemical substance made of one type of atom.

Hint: H

What is an element

100

Name Montpelier's four houses

Reading, Norfolk, Wabash, Cannonball

200

This term refers to a lot of neutrons inside the nucleus.

What is beta

200

What does Radium transform to? Hint: Use your Interactive Notebook

What is Radon and Helium

200

This amount of a substance decays after 2 half-lives

1/4 or 7/8

What is 1/4

200
An attraction between atoms.

Hint: H2o

Chemical Bond or Ionic Bond

What is Chemical Bond

**Ionic Bond is one atom giving an electron to another atom

200

Which radioactive decay made the Incredible Hulk?

Alpha, Beta, Gamma

What is Gamma 

300
This type of nuclear radiation is the most penetrating
What is a gamma ray
300

What does Carbon 14 transform to? Hint: Use your Interactive Notebook

What is Nitrogen 14

300

I-131 is used to treat thyroid cancer. If you ingest a 20 mg sample of I-131, this amount of days will it take until there is only 2.5 mg of I-131 left in your body? (half-life of I-131 = 8 days)

Hint: 20--10--5--2.5

What is 24

300

If fuzzy wuzzy was a bear, and fuzzy wuzzy had no hair... Just kidding. Without consulting your Interactiv e Notebook, what is the name of the element 'Na'?

What is Sodium

300
What is Zeke's favorite thing to do in class?

Sleep

400

This type of decay is least dangerous

What is an alpha decay

400

What can Beta decay pass through? Hint: Use your Interactive Notebook

Foil

400

You have a sample that now contains 40g of Actinium-227. This many grams of Actinium-227 must have been in the sample 44 years ago (Half-life of Actinium is 22 years).

Hint: 40X2=____(22years)____X2=_____(44 years)

What is 160

400

Polar or Nonpolar--Does not share electrons EQUALLY

Hint: H2o

What is polar

Nonpolar DO share electrons equally

400

Why does Radioactive Decay happen?

Because they are unstable

500

What is the term that means “the time it takes for half of the radioactive atoms in a sample to decay.”

What is a half life

500

What can Alpha decay pass through? Hint: Use your Interactive Notebook

Paper

500

The half-life of radium-226 is 1599 years, how much did you start with if after 4797 years you have 250 grams sample right now?

Hint: 1599--3198--4797= 3 half life's

What is 2000g

500

An expression of the types of and numbers of atoms in a substance

Hint: C6H12O6

What is Chemical Formula

500

What is Miss Phillips's Favorite Cheer?

You can do it  You can do 

If you put your mind to it

Buckle down Buckle down

Do it! Do it! Do it!

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