What do you know about radioactivity?
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#1. Which device do we usually use to measure the radioactivity of a source?
#2. Which three particles are atoms composed of?
#3. What is the approximate radius of a nucleus?
#4. What is gamma radiation?
#5. A GM tube is often connected to a counter which clicks each time radiation is detected. What do we call the number of clicks per second or minute?
#6. Ionising radiation can penetrate materials. Which is the correct order of types from least penetrating to most penetrating?
#7. Medical staff often need to monitor their exposure to radiation from things like x-rays. Which device made of photographic film is sometimes worn by medical staff?
#8. Which scientist proposed the Plumb Pudding Model?
#9. What is the charge of a proton?
#10. What is the charge of an electron?
#11. What is an isotope?
#12. What is the relative mass of a proton?
#13. What are cosmic rays?
#14. What is the single largest source of background radiation?
#15. Which of the following was the Rutherford Model of atomic structure?
#16. What does the atomic number of an element mean?
#17. Where does naturally occurring radon gas come from?
#18. Complete the sentence: Radiation passing through a Geiger-Müller tube ......... gas inside it and allows a short pulse of current to flow.
#19. In 1897 JJ. Thomson did a series of experiments that led to the discovery of which particles?
#20. 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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