Deck 21: Nuclear Chemistry

Question 1

What is nonionizing radiation? Outcome # 3) DOK 1)

A) radiation that does not have a sufficient amount of energy to remove an electron from an atom or molecule
B) radiation that has sufficient amount of energy to remove an electron from an atom or molecule
C) radiation that does not have a sufficient amount of energy to gain an electron from an atom or molecule

Answer 1

radiation that does not have a sufficient amount of energy to remove an electron from an atom or molecule

Question 2

Which of the following is emitted by radioactive nuclei and is a type of high energy radiation that does not contain mass or charge? Outcome # 3) DOK 1)

A) alpha particles
B) beta particles
C) gamma rays

Answer 2

gamma rays

Question 3

Which of the following is emitted by radioactive nuclei and contains two protons and two neutrons? Outcome # 3) DOK 1)

A) alpha particles
B) beta particles
C) gamma rays

Answer 3

alpha particles

Question 4

Which is an example of ionizing radiation? Outcome # 3) DOK 1) Clone 1)

A) ultra violet light
B) visible light
C) infrared light

Question 5

Which type of radiation has insufficient energy and cannot penetrate the outer layers of human skin? Outcome # 3) DOK 2)

A) gamma radiation
B) alpha radiation
C) beta radiation

Question 6

Gamma Ray Emission is represented by which symbol? Outcome # 3) DOK 1)

A) β
B) α
C) γ

Question 7

Which is an example of nonionizing radiation? Outcome # 3) DOK 1)

A) radiowaves
B)-rays
C) cosmic rays

Question 8

Which of the following sources of radiation has a longer wavelength? Outcome # 3) DOK 1)

A) visible light
B) infrared light
C) ultra violet light

Question 9

Alpha particle emission is represented by which symbol? Outcome # 3) DOK 1)

A) β
B) α
C) γ

Question 10

Through what process does the sun generate its energy? Outcome # 3) DOK 1)

A) nuclear fusion
B) nuclear fission
C) neutron scattering

Question 11

Which type of radiation has sufficient energy to penetrate into organs, tissue, and bone? Outcome # 3) DOK 2)

A) gamma radiation
B) alpha radiation
C) beta radiation

Question 12

Which of the following is emitted by radioactive nuclei and has a mass and charge that is identical to an electron? Outcome # 3) DOK 1)

A) alpha particles
B) beta particles
C) gamma rays

Question 13

Technetium-99m is commonly used as a medical radioisotope in numerous medical diagnostic procedures yearly. The half-life of technetium-99m is 6.00 hours. After 1 day, a medical sample was found to contain 0.05 grams of technetium-99m. How many grams of technetium-99m were present initially? Outcome # 3) DOK 3)

A) 0.8 g
B) 0.2 g
C) 0.1 g

Question 14

Which is a type of nuclear reaction where a large nucleus splits into two smaller nuclei with the release of a large amount of energy?Outcome # 3) DOK 1)

A) neutron scattering
B) nuclear fusion
C) nuclear fission

Question 15

_____ is an instrument used to measure levels of ionizing radiation. Outcome # 3) DOK 1)

A) radio counter
B) Geiger counter
C) radiation counter

Question 16

Which is an example of ionizing radiation? Outcome # 3) DOK 1)

A) radiowaves
B) infrared light
C) cosmic rays

Question 17

Which is a type of nuclear reaction where two small nuclei are merged together to generate a larger nuclei and a tremendous amount of energy? Outcome # 3) DOK 1)

A) nuclear fission
B) nuclear fusion
C) neutron scattering

Question 18

Which of the following sources of radiation is higher in energy? Outcome # 3) DOK 1)

A) visible light
B) ultra violet light
C) infrared light

Question 19

Beta particle emission is represented by which symbol? Outcome # 3) DOK 1)

A) β
B) α
C) γ

Question 20

What is ionizing radiation? Outcome # 3) DOK 1)

A) radiation that does not have a sufficient amount of energy to remove an electron from an atom or molecule
B) radiation that has sufficient amount of energy to gain an electron from an atom or molecule
C) radiation that has sufficient amount of energy to remove an electron from an atom or molecule

Question 21

What is the half-life of a radioactive sample if 0.892 g would take 3.73 days to decay to 0.114 g? Outcome # 3) DOK 3)

A) 0.331 hours
B) 2.96 hours
C) 30.1 hours

Question 22

Before the use of technetium-99m, patients with high risk coronary artery disease were evaluated using thallium-201 which has a half-life of 73.00 hours. If a person is exposed to 5.000 μg of thallium-201, how many hours would it take to reach 10.00 % of its original mass? Outcome # 3) DOK 3)

A) 3.322 hours
B) 242.5 hours
C) 21.98 hours

Question 23

How much of a 0.230 g radioactive sample with a half-life of 8 hours would remain after a period of 2.50 days? Outcome # 3) DOK 3)

A) 8.98 x 10^-4 g
B) 1.80 x 10^-3 g
C) 1.27 x 10^-3 g