Types of Radiation
Radiation that consists of high-energy beams?
What is Gamma radiation
Term for the horizontal rows on the periodic table?
What is a period
Simplest form of matter that cannot be broken down chemically
What is an Element?
Positively charged particle in the nucleus of an atom called
What is a proton
Process by which an unstable atomic nucleus loses energy
What is Radioactive Decay?
Radiation involves the emission of two protons and two neutrons?
What are Alpha Radiation / Alpha Particles
The vertical columns on the periodic table
What are groups?
Element with the symbol 'O'
What is oxygen?
Subatomic particle has no charge
What is a neutron?
When an atom emits a beta particle
What is beta decay?
Radiation that can be stopped by a lead shield?
What is All types of radiation
Element that has the atomic number 6?
What is Carbon
Element is known for being a noble gas and has the atomic number 10
What is Neon?
Charge of an electron
What is -1?
Half-life in the context of radioactive decay
What is when have the element has decayed?
Radiation is made up of electrons?
What are Beta Particles
Significance of the atomic number of an element
What is the number of protons?
Two main categories of elements on the periodic table
What are metals and nonmetals?
Protons located in an atom
What is the nucleus?
Radioactive decay involves the emission of gamma rays
What is Gamma Decay?
The process in which an unstable nucleus loses energy by emitting radiation?
What is radioactive Decay
Credited with creating the first periodic table.
Demitri Mendeleev
Most abundant element in the universe
What is Hydrogen?
Sum of protons and neutrons in an atom's nucleus
What is Atomic Mass / Mass number?
Elements that are considered Radioactive: Oxygen, Radon, Helium, Uranium
What are Radon and Uranium?