Radiation
Exposure
Nuclear Particles
Nuclear Power
Particle Accelerators
100
What is Radiation?
The emission of energy as a particle or light
100
How do we avoid exposure?
ALARA
100
Name the parts of an atom
Proton, Neutron, Electron
100
Name 3 energy production types that the United States uses
Petroleum, Natural Gas, Nuclear, Coal, Renewable (solar, wind, geothermal, etc)
100
Name a type of accelerator
Linear, Cyclotron, synchrotron
200
What are the two categories of radiation?
Ionizing and Non-Ionizing
200
True or False: Exposure levels are dependent on location
True
200
What is an isotope?
Atoms that contain the same number of protons but a different number of neutrons
200
How many Nuclear Power Plants are operating in the United States?
54 plants, 94 total units
200
Who said "Equipped with our five senses, along with telescopes and microscopes and mass spectrometers and seismographs and magnetometers and particle accelerators and detectors across the electromagnetic spectrum, we explore the universe around us and call the adventure science."
Neil DeGrasse Tyson
300
True or False: You are exposed to radiation everyday.
You are exposed to radiation everyday (True).
300
What do we use to warn of radiation in an area?
300
True or False: An atom is mostly empty space
True
300
What percentage of the world's global nuclear power supply does the United States produce?
30%
300
Name one accelerator and where it's located
TRIUMF in Canada
LHC in Switzerland
Fermilab Accelerators in Chicago
400
Name two sources of daily exposure to radiation
Earth: Food, Water, Building materials, etc..
Space: Cosmic Rays
Atmosphere: Uranium in Earths crust
400
Define ALARA (what the letters stand for)
As Low As Reasonably Achievable
400
What is the process by which an unstable nucleus loses energy to become more stable?
Radioactive Decay
400
What percentage of nuclear power do we use for energy in the US?
8%
400
How large is the TRIUMF accelerator?
60ft diameter
500
What is the public limit of radiation dose in a year?
0.1 rem
500
Name the principles of ALARA
Time, Distance, Shielding
500
What are the quarks in a proton?
Two up, one down
500
What is the name of the nuclear reactor on Purdue's campus
PUR-1
500
Name a use of particle accelerators
Study the beginning of the universe
Discovering particles
Study high energy interactions