Name _______________________
Nuclear Reaction Practice
1. A Uranium-235 atom decays by releasing an alpha particle. Use a decay reaction to
show what new atom is formed from this decay.
2. A Carbon-14 atom decays by releasing a beta particle. Use a decay reaction to
show what new atom is formed from this decay.
3. A Uranium-235 atom decays by releasing a gamma wave. Use a decay reaction to
show what new atom is formed from this decay.
4. Neptunium's only naturally occurring isotope, 23793Np, decays by emitting one alpha
particle, one beta particle, and one gamma ray. Using decay reactions show what
new atom is formed from this decay.
5. A uranium atom decays releasing an alpha particle and a beta particle, what final
daughter atom is formed?
6. Predict the product of the electron emission by
7. Predict the product of the alpha emission by
14
6C.
210Rn.
8. Predict the product of the electron capture by
125I.
56Ni.
9. Predict the product of the gamma-ray emission by
10. Identify the missing particle in the following nuclear reaction:
239
92U
+ 42He  ______ +
1
0n
11. Identify the missing particle in the following nuclear reaction:
9
4Be
+
1 H
1
 ______ +
4
2He
12. Write a nuclear equation for the alpha decay of francium-208.
13. Write a nuclear equation for the electron capture by beryllium-7.
14. Write a nuclear equation for the beta emission by argon-37.
15. Write the nuclear equation for the alpha decay of
146 Sm.
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