Trimester 3 Final - Jeopardy

Decay

100

What type of decay involves an increase in atomic number by 1 and a by product of losing an electron?  

beta decay

200

What type of decay involves neither a loss or gain in protons and neutrons?

gamma decay 

300

Ra_{88 ----} ⁴₂ He + Rn_{86 .} What type of decay is pictured to the left 

alpha decay 

400

C₆ ---- ____ + N_{7 .} What piece of information is missing in the blank? 

^-1₀ e 

500

What particle is needed to complete this nuclear reaction? ²²²₈₆Rn -> ²¹⁸₈₄Po +____

⁴₂ He 

Nuclear Energy/WMD's

100

What are the two main ways of obtaining nuclear energy?

Fission and Fusion 

200

The decay of a large atom into multiple pieces is called 

Fission 

300

Two hydrogen atoms coming together to form Helium, like what happens on the sun, is an example of _________

Fusion 

400

What does WMD stand for? and what are the 3 types 

weapons of mass destruction, biological, nuclear, chemical 

500

What two elements were used to make nuclear weapons?

uranium and plutonium 

Scientific Method

100

A testable prediction about the outcome of an experiment is called the 

hypothesis 

200

The variable that you measure is the 

dependent variable 

300

The variable that you change, that forms the basis for the experiment is the ______

independent variable 

400

Things that you keep that same like temperature of the room, planet you conduct the experiment on....etc is called the 

control variable(s)

500

What are 3 of the 6 steps in the scientific method? 

1. Ask a question
2. Form a hypothesis
3. Make an experiment
4. Analyze Data
5. Draw conclusions
6. Communicate results

Atomic Structure

100

positive particle in the nucleus 

proton 

200

negative subatomic particle 

electron

300

What two subatomic particles are located inside the nucleus?

protons and neutrons 

400

What two things make up atomic mass? 

protons and neutrons 

500

What helps you identify the atomic number? (what is it based on) 

number of protons 

Misc

100

Atoms with differing numbers of neutrons are called ______________-

isotopes 

200

Who was the lead scientist on the Manhattan project? 

robert oppenheimer 

300

Who was the lead general in charge of the Manhattan Project? 

General Leslie Groves 

400

What is the symbol for gamma decay, which is pure energy and can happen simultaneously with alpha and beta decay?

⁰₀ y 

500

The half life, or time it takes for the radioactivity of a specific isotope to fall to its half value, of radon-222 is 4 days. How much of a 100g sample would be left after 8 days? 

25