Alpha Decay
Beta Decay
Identify Radiation
Half-Life
Challenge Round
100

What particle is released during alpha decay?

What is 42He ?

What is helium nucleus?

What is alpha particle?

100

What particle is emitted during beta decay?

What is 0-1e?

What is beta particle/electron?

100

Which radiation has no mass and no charge?

What is Gamma?
100

80 g with half-life of 10 years. Amount after 20 years?

What is 20 g?

100

Which decay does not change atomic number or mass number?

What is Gamma decay?

200

How does alpha decay change atomic number and mass number?

What is Atomic number -2?

What is Mass number -4?

200

How does beta decay change atomic number and mass number?

What is Atomic number +1?

What is Mass number no change?


200

Which radiation can be stopped by paper?

What is Alpha?

200

64g with half-life of 12 years. Amount after 36 years?

What is 8 g?

200

If an isotope undergoes alpha decay followed by beta decay, what is the net change in atomic number?

What is -1?

300
What element forms when Uranium-238 undergoes alpha decay?

What is thorium-234?

300

What element forms when Carbon-14 undergoes beta decay?

What is Nitrogen-14?

300

Which radiation can be stopped by aluminum foil?

What is Beta?

300

100 g with half-life of 12 years. Amount after 36 years?

What is 12.5g?

300

A sample starts with 200g and has a half-life of 4 years. Amount after 8 years?

What is 50g?

400

What element forms when Radium-226 undergoes alpha decay?

What is Radon-222?

400

What element forms when Strontium-90 undergoes beta decay?

What is Yttrium-90?

400

Which radiation has the highest penetrating power?

What is Gamma?

400

40 g with half-life of 2 days. Amount after 6 days?

What is 5 g?

400

Which radiation would require lead shielding to stop effectively?

What is Gamma radiation?

500

What type of radiation has the largest mass and lowest penetration power?

What is Alpha radiation?

500

During beta decay, what happens inside the nucleus?

What is a neutron turns into a proton and an electron?

500

Which radiation consists of high-energy electromagnetic waves?

What is Gamma radiation?

500

160g with half-life of 8 minutes. Amount after 24 minutes?

What is 20g?

500

A radioactive sample starts with 320g and has a half-life of 10 years. How much remains after 30 years?

What is 40g?

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