This decay particle is identical in both mass and charge to a helium nucleus.
What is an alpha particle?
100
This is the splitting apart of a larger radioactive atom into two or more smaller atoms.
What is fission?
100
This is Avagadro's Number.
What is 6.02x10^23 ?
100
This type of bond is the result of a metal bonding to a nonmetal.
What is an ionic bond?
100
Of mercury, methanol, sucrose and methionine - this substance can NOT be broken down further.
What is mercury?
200
This decay particle has neither mass nor charge.
What is gamma radiation?
200
This is the combination of two or more lighter atoms coming together to form a larger, heavier atom.
What is fusion?
200
This is the number of grams in 1 mole of a substance.
What is molar mass (gram-formula mass; molecular weight) ?
200
This bond is the result of delocalized electrons acting like a single "sea of mobile electrons".
What is metallic bonding?
200
This is the number of neutrons in C-14.
What is 8?
300
This decay particle has no mass, and a positive charge.
What is a positron?
300
This type of nuclear reaction has the most energy per mole of reactant.
What is fusion?
300
This is the molar mass of potassium.
What is 39 grams / mole ?
300
This is the total number of electrons shared in a covalent triple bond.
What is 6 ?
300
This man proved that atoms are mostly empty space by shooting alpha particles at gold foil, and noting that most passed through the foil without being deflected.
Who was Ernest Rutherford?
400
This is the fraction remaining of an original substance after 4 half-lives.
What is 1/16 ?
400
This was the type of nuclear reaction that took place in the first atomic bomb dropped on Japan at the end of World War II.
What is fission?
400
This is the molar mass of water.
What is 18 grams / mole ?
400
This is the chemical formula for calcium fluoride.
What is CaF2 ?
400
This is the property that we use to separate mixtures in a distillation.
What is boiling point?
500
This is when a radioactive nucleus decays into a new isotope or element.
What is transmutation?
500
Indian Point, a nuclear fission power plant located 38 miles north of New York City, provides NYC and Westchester county with 30% of the electricity. It is located on the Eastern bank of this river.
What is the Hudson River?
500
This is the mass (in grams) of 2 moles of diatomic chlorine.
What is 142 grams / mole ?
500
This is the chemical formula for ammonium hydroxide.
What is NH4OH ?
500
This is the number of Joules that needs to be removed from 35 grams of liquid water at 0 C to completely freeze it into solid.