Radiation
Half-life
Nuclear Reactions
Relativity
Misc.
100
This type of radiation occurs when an atom releases a single electron.
What is beta decay?
100
What is the half-life of this sample?
5700 years
100
This type of nuclear reaction occurs naturally in the sun, combining hydrogen into helium.
What is nuclear fusion?
100
As an object approaches the speed of light, what happens to its mass?
It increases
100
The following image shows Earth distorting what?
Space-time
200
This type of radiation can be blocked with a simple sheet of paper.
What is alpha radiation?
200
If I start out with 600 g of Uranium-235, how much will have yet to decay after 5 half-lives?
18.75 g
200
What does this symbol tell you about a substance?
It is radioactive
200
The famous thought experiment dealing with time dilation pictured here:
What is the Twin Paradox?
200
The "cosmic speed limit"
What is the speed of light?
300
This type of decay is shown here:
What is alpha decay?
300
If a critter had 1000 atoms of Carbon-14 when it died and now has 125 C-14 atoms remaining, how long has the critter been dead? The half-life of C-14 is 5730 years.
17,190 years
300
What type of reaction is pictured here?
What is nuclear fission?
300
This is converted into mass when it is added to an object traveling near the speed of light (be specific)
What is kinetic energy?
300
This famous experiment showed the particle nature of light.
What is the Photoelectric Effect?
400
The type of decay shown here:
What is beta decay?
400
3.125% of radioactive sample is remaining. How many half-lives have passed?
5 half-lives
400
The radioactive substance that undergoes fission in a nuclear power plant is?
Uranium-235
400
Einstein's theory that revolutionized our concept of gravity.
What is the theory of general relativity?
400
This experiment showed the wave properties of electrons.
What is the Double-Slit Experiment?
500
If a photon was released, it would be considered this type of radiation.
What is gamma decay? Gamma is a type of light (electromagnetic radiation) and a particle of that would be a photon.
500
The half life of Imaginarium-527 is 3 seconds. If you have 16 undecayed atoms left in a sample that has been radiating for 30 seconds, how many atoms were in the original sample?
16,384 atoms
500
Solve the equation properly showing beta decay:
500
Einstein's theory that describes what happens to matter, energy, time, and space at speeds close to the speed of light.
What is Einstein's Theory of Special Relativity?
500
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