NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY
QUIZ
NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY QUIZ
1. Compare what happens to atoms in both a chemical
reaction and a nuclear reaction.
2. What happens to the energy levels in a nuclear reaction?
3. The rate of a nuclear reaction is affected by temperature,
particle size, and concentrations...True or False?
4. Fission and fusion processes deal with ________ and ________.
5. Nuclear reactions deal with interactions between the
_________ of _________.
6. Define fission.
7. Define fusion.
8. What type of atoms are used in the fission process?
9. What type of atoms are used in the fusion process?
10. Define radioactive decay.
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What are nucleons?
What is an isotope?
Write the isotopic notation for uranium-235.
The _________ number tells you the number of protons in the
nucleus of an atom.
The _________ number tells you the number of protons and
neutrons in the nucleus of an atom.
Write three characteristics of alpha decay.
Write three characteristics of beta decay.
Write three characteristics of gamma decay.
Write the nuclear equation for the electron capture of
potassium-40.
Write the nuclear equation for the beta decay of iodine-131.
NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY QUIZ
1. Compare what happens to atoms in both a chemical
reaction and a nuclear reaction. In a chemical
reaction, atoms are only rearranged and in a nuclear
reaction atoms will change into other elements.
2. What happens to the energy levels in a nuclear
reaction? Large energy changes
3. The rate of a nuclear reaction is affected by
temperature, particle size, and concentrations...True or
False? False
4. Fission and fusion processes deal with matter and
energy.
5. Nuclear reactions deal with interactions between the
nuclei of atoms.
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6. Define fission. Process of splitting an atomic nucleus
into fission fragments.
7. Define fusion. Process in which two light atomic nuclei
fuse or combine to form a single larger, heavier
nucleus.
8. What type of atoms are used in the fission process?
Heavy atoms with large number of nucleons.
9. What type of atoms are used in the fusion process?
Light atoms.
10. Define radioactive decay. Process in which an
unstable atomic nucleus loses energy by emitting
radiation in the form of particles or electromagnetic
waves.
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11. What are nucleons? Particles found in the nucleus
of an atom (protons and neutrons).
12. What is an isotope? Atoms of the same element
with different number of neutrons.
13. Write the isotopic notation for uranium-235.
14. The atomic number tells you the number of
protons in the nucleus of an atom.
15. The mass number tells you the number of protons
and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom.
NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY QUIZ
16. Write three characteristics of alpha decay. Weakest,
stopped with a piece of paper, particle is a helium
atom, etc.
17. Write three characteristics of beta decay. Stopped by
Al, stronger than alpha, gives off a negatively charged
particle, etc.
18. Write three characteristics of gamma decay.
Energy/wave (not a particle), strongest of all, can be
stopped with lead, etc.
19. Write the nuclear equation for the electron capture of
potassium-40.
20. Write the nuclear equation for the beta decay of
iodine-131.