Radioactivity Jeopardy

1. Radioactivity Jeopardy

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3. xxx for 1 Question: The splitting of a large nucleus into two smaller nuclei. Check Your Answer

4. xxx for 1 Answer: Nuclear Fission Back to the Game Board

5. xxx for 2 Question: Two smaller nuclei come together to form one large nucleus. Check Your Answer

6. xxx for 2 Answer: Nuclear Fusion Back to the Game Board

7. xxx for 3 Question: The kind of reaction that nuclear power plant use to generate electricity. Check Your Answer

8. xxx for 3 Answer: Nuclear Fission Back to the Game Board

9. xxx for 4 Question: The kind of nuclear reaction that occurs on the sun. Check Your Answer

10. xxx for 4 Answer: Nuclear Fusion Back to the Game Board

11. xxx for 5 Question: The atomic bombs dropped on Japan in WW2 were both using which nuclear reaction. Check Your Answer

12. xxx for 5 Answer: Nuclear Fission Back to the Game Board

13. xxx for 1 Question: He discovered radioactivity. Check Your Answer

14. xxx for 1 Answer: Henri Becquerel Back to the Game Board

15. xxx for 2 Question: An electron emitted from the nucleus of a radioactive substance. Check Your Answer

16. xxx for 2 Answer: A beta particle Back to the Game Board

17. xxx for 3 Question: He discovered the nucleus. Check Your Answer

18. xxx for 3 Answer: Ernest Rutherford Back to the Game Board

19. xxx for 4 Question: She won two Nobel Prizes for her work on radioactive elements. Check Your Answer

20. xxx for 4 Answer: Marie Curie Back to the Game Board

21. xxx for 5 Question: What was the date the first atomic bomb was used? Check Your Answer

22. xxx for 5 Answer: August 6, 1945 Back to the Game Board

23. xxx for 1 Question: The most powerful form of radioactivity. Check Your Answer

24. xxx for 1 Answer: Gamma Rays Back to the Game Board

25. xxx for 2 Question: The maximum distance an alpha particle can travel. Check Your Answer

26. xxx for 2 Answer: 12 inches Back to the Game Board

27. xxx for 3 Question: How much more powerful is a beta particle than an alpha particle? Check Your Answer

28. xxx for 3 Answer: 100x Back to the Game Board

29. xxx for 4 Question: The greatest source of gamma rays. Check Your Answer

30. xxx for 4 Answer: The sun Back to the Game Board

31. xxx for 5 Question: A helium nucleus. Check Your Answer

32. xxx for 5 Answer: Alpha particle Back to the Game Board

33. xxx for 1 Question: Ra-226  Rn-222 + ______ Check Your Answer

34. xxx for 1 Answer: Alpha particle Back to the Game Board

35. xxx for 2 Question: U-234  Np-234 + ______ Check Your Answer

36. xxx for 2 Answer: Beta particle Back to the Game Board

37. xxx for 3 Question: Hydrogen-1, deuterium, tritium are? Check Your Answer

38. xxx for 3 Answer: Isotopes Back to the Game Board

39. xxx for 4 Question: The force that holds the nucleus together. Check Your Answer

40. xxx for 4 Answer: Nuclear Strong Force Back to the Game Board

41. xxx for 5 Question: Protons & neutrons are called? Check Your Answer

42. xxx for 5 Answer: Nucleons Back to the Game Board

43. xxx for 1 Question: The process of alpha and beta decay. Check Your Answer

44. xxx for 1 Answer: Transmutation Back to the Game Board

45. xxx for 2 Question: The concentration of radioactive atoms high enough to conduct a chain reaction. Check Your Answer

46. xxx for 2 Answer: Critical Mass Back to the Game Board

47. xxx for 3 Question: The time it takes for one half of the mass of a radioactive substance to decay. Check Your Answer

48. xxx for 3 Answer: Half-life Back to the Game Board

49. xxx for 4 Question: If the half-life of C-14 is approximately 6000 years, how much of a 100 gram sample is left after 18,000 years? Check Your Answer

50. xxx for 4 Answer: 100g  50g  25g  12.5g Back to the Game Board