Do you know where the background radiation comes from?
Background Radiation Quiz
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This quiz is relevant for Edexcel Combined Science and Physics students, as well as AQA Physics (Separate Science) students.
All other courses (AQA and OCR) do not contain material about background radiation and can skip this quiz.
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Question 1 of 12
1. Question
What is the single largest source of background radiation?
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Question 2 of 12
2. Question
What is background radiation?
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3. Question
Where does naturally occurring radon gas come from?
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4. Question
Radon gas diffuses out of soil and rocks and may build up in houses. What steps can we take to reduce the risk of radon gas in the home?
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5. Question
Which factors affect the amount of radon in the air?
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6. Question
Why do some foods, such as bananas, contribute to your exposure to background radiation?
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7. Question
What are cosmic rays?
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8. Question
Dosimeters
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9. Question
Which device do we usually use to measure the radioactivity of a source?
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Question 10 of 12
10. Question
Redirects, vaporises, ionises
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Complete the sentence: Radiation passing through a Geiger-Müller tube gas inside it and allows a short pulse of current to flow.
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[question number = 06.8] A GM tube is often connected to a counter that clicks each time radiation is detected. What do we call the number of clicks per second or minute?
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Question 12 of 12
12. Question
Scientists measuring a radioactive source would also be measuring background radiation. How would scientists accurately measure the radioactivity of a source whilst ignoring the influence of background radiation?
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