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What are the two common ferromagnetic elements?
Cobalt and gold
Iron and nickel
Uranium and plutonium
Hydrogen and Helium
2
What is the atomic number?
Number of protons
number of electrons
number of quintons
number of neutrons
3
What are the allowable spin levels of an electron?
1,0,-1
1 and -1
1/2 and -1/2
0 and 1
4
What is one radioactive source in our homes?
Duracell batteries
kitchen sink
smoke detectors
microwaves
5
What is wave particle duality?
wave and light w/ properties of both
particle and light w/ properties of both
light and matter w/properties of both
wave and particle w/properties of both
6
the 'wavelength' of light measures the distance
between a peak and a trough on the wave
between successive corresponding points of a wave
that light can travel in one second
that light can penetrate into a given material
7
A focused beam of single-wavelength coherent light
Bork
laser
Doggo
Bark
8
the word 'atom' is derived from which language?
Persian
Hindi
Latin
Greek
9
Which of the following belongs in Palton's atomic theory?
Atoms cannot be created/destroyed/divided
Core meltdowns and explosions
Cloud Chambers
Radioactivity
10
What particle is positively charged?
Proton
quintons
electrons
neutron
11
Which of the following BEST describes the initiation of a nuclear chain reaction?
the nuclear reaction is sufficiently exothermic
There are at least 2 types of fissile material present
A neuron is released causing another nuclear reaction
more than one element undergoes a nuclear reaction
12
What is TEM
transverse electron microscope
transmission electrode microscope
transverse electrode microscope
Transmission electron microscope
13
Isotopes are atoms with same number of____ but different number of____?
electrons,protons
quintons,protons
protons,quintons
protons, neutrons
14
Nuclei that undergo nuclear fission upon colliding with a low energy neutron are called...
Fusion
Fissile
Antigone
Creon
15
Beta decay is radioactive decay by emission of what?
positron
electrode
nucleon
photon
16
An isotope containing both a proton and nuetron
tritium
positive
neutral
deuterium
17
The Three Mile Island accident caused adverse health effects from approximately how many people
50
0
1,000
250
18
ultraviolet light is on short wavelength side of the visible spectrum/contraction known as?
Double-slit interference
Photoelectric Effect
Ultraviolet Catastrophe
Planeks Constant
19
Einstein was awarded what in 1921 for the explanation of photoelectric effect?
Grammy
Nobel
Oscar
Tony
20
What is it called when radiation has the ability to remove electrons from atoms or molecules?
ionizing radiation
computed tomography
interventional flubscopy
radon's thoram
21
Atomic bombs is a broad category what is another form of bomb?
Adolf bomb
Zinc Alloy bomb
Hydrogen Bomb
bubble gum bomb
22
Which scientist first began to document our current list of elements?
Proust
Dalton
Lavoisier
Mendeleev
23
Force that opposes electric force that would otherwise push protons apart?
wind
water
nuclear
light
24
Cathode rays are?
beam of electron observed electric volt placed over vactube
materials that undergo radioactive decay
A reaction that results in a net release of energy
a unit of effective dose of ionizing radiation
25
theory describe what intensity curves look like considering a perfect radiation absorber name?
Blueboy
Blackboy
Pinkboy
Whiteboy
26
Which element was MOST likely to be useful for a fusion reaction?
Co
Fe
Cu
Ni
27
During the Manhattan Project, which work was performed at the Oak Ridge site?
bomb construction
uranium enrichment
nuclear denotations
heavy water production
28
Nuclear power plants functionally require all of the following EXCEPT
control rods
A moderator component
electric generators
batteries
29
All ferromagnetic elements have a characteristic temperature called?
Pauli temperature
Stacking temperature
Curie temperature
Curry temperature
30
The Bohr model of the atom was the first to successfully explain
spectral emission lines
radioactivity
atomic mass
neutrons
31
Who first proposed the uncertainty principle?
Issac Newton
Warner Heisenberg
Erwin Schrodinger
Devin Bohr
32
Which organization was in charge of the Manhattan Project?
University of California, Berkley
DuPont
Army Corps of Engineers
Department of Defense
33
Dimitri Mendeleev created how many elements?
64
69
37
95
34
What is radiometric dating?
two radios dating
tinder for the Brits
english system of radio dating because of metric system
finding age of a material from the decay of radioactive mat.
35
What charge are all nuclei?
All of the above according to their own situation
Neutral
Positive
Negative
36
Maria Goeppert Mayer looks like what actress?
Adam Sandler
Kathy Bates
Betty White
Quinton Marliborski
37
The Manhattan Project directly led to our current system of which of the following?
peer review of research
national labs
nuclear power plants
nuclear waste disposal
38
Who proposed the model of a hydrogen atom?
Christopher Wallace
Spiderman
Ceaser Julium
Neils Bohr
39
A positron is an anti-particle meaning it is related to an electron in what way?
it weighs more than electron but has the same charge
it is another name for an electron
it weighs the same as an electron but opposite charge
it is nothing like an electron
40
What group initially provided oversight of research and development of atom bomb?
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
National Resources Defense Council
Nuclear Regulatory Committee
National Defense Research Committee
41
A laser emits 'coherent' light which means which of the following?
All emitted light waves are in-phase
All emitted photos have the same frequency
The emitted light is very intense
The emitted light beam is very narrow
42
Which element is MOST commonly used as the detector in a smoke alarm?
americium
cesium
radium
thorium
43
What unit is used to measure doses of ionizing radiation?
Sievert (sv)
floroscopy (fs)
joule
kalvin
44
What often accumulates in basements and crawl spaces of houses?
old socks and underwear
Oxygen
Radon-222
Thoron-343
45
The essence of the wave particle duality is
light and matter exhibits properties of both wave/particle
time lapse
hydrolisis
flower-bomb
46
proposed in 1905 that light formed discreet energy packets that exhibit properties of particle
Phillips Keys
Henry Cumserpatch
Albert Einstein
Phillip Lightbulb
47
Who composed the letter to Franklin Roosevelt over concerns of Germany initiating bomb research
A. Einstein
V. Bush
R. Oppenheimer
L. Szilárd
48
During nuclear what, a heavy nucleus splits into two lighter nuclei while releasing what?
Fission,energy
extraction,electrons
development,nitrogen
Fusion,energy
49
Isotopes that spontaneously transform into other nuclei?
Nuclear
Sterile
Confused
Radioactive
50
The standard unit of radioactivity was the curier (C:) before it was changed to what?
Becquerel (Bq)
Nucleodanine (Nd)
Joliot (J+)
Metaline (MI)
51
The use of lasers to control and slow down atoms
Laser cooling
Atom controlling
Gas pedal
slow down
52
Gas diffusion and magnetic techniques for the seperation of ^238U and ^235U depend on what?
Lesser mass of ^235 U
smaller size of ^235 U
greater velocity of ^235 U
greater abundance of ^238U
53
Visible light represents a narrow band of the?
electromagnetic spectrum
wavelength
quantum theory
frequency
54
State of matter with lowest energy state
Gigs
esateBese-Einstein Condesate
Dabs
liquid
55
What is the final product of the proton chain reaction?
deuterium
hydrogen
tritium
helium
56
ger found uran nuclei bomb w/neutrons prod fission product appr 1/2 size orig uran nuc
Otto Hopfinger, Rudolf Heiser
Herman Goering, Rudolf Hess
Rudolf Rudi, Rudi Rudolf
Otto Hahn, Frits Strassman
57
Irene Joliot-Curies, Maries' daughter awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for what discovery?
Beta Decay
Parent Nuclei
Gamma Decay
Induced Radioactivity
58
Which of the following is LEAST like the others?
cathode rays
x-rays
infrared rays
gamma rays
59
Which of these is LEAST likely to penetrate human skin?
x-rays
gamma rays
beta particles
alpha particles
60
Rutherford, Geiger and Marsden's gold foil experiment allowed for the discovery of what?
beta particles
cathode rays
the nucleus
radioactivity
61
Which of the following is MOST analogous to Planck's idea of quantized energy states?
a goose's flight velocity
a mercury thermometer's temperature display
a runner's route distance
a bookshelf's book capacity
62
What is the process of analyzing spectral lines, to identify the chemical make-up?
Atomic spectroscopy
Scattered wave
Electromagnatism
Phenomenom
63
Light and matter explained using purely wave/particle models, which formed the basis for early?
wavelength
frequency
quantum
quantum theory
64
What is fusion ignition?
chemical explosions caused by fusion reactions
the point when a fusion reaction becomes self-sustaining
the fission reaction setting off a fusion bomb
the temperature that sets off a fusion reaction
65
Who discovered a phenomenon known as double-slit interference?
Donald Trump (or so he says)
Thomas Edison
Thomas Young
Christian Huygens
66
Alpha, betta, and gamma radiation in an different magnetic field resulted from differences in..
size
velocity
mass
charge
67
What is NOT true of the neutrino?
extremely small mass
spin of 1/2
zero electric charge
emitted during gamma decay
68
Gamma decay is when a nucleus does what?
The nucleus's energy decreases
The nucleus's energy stays the same
The nucleus's energy increases
The nucleus dies
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What type of atoms have at least one unpaired electron?
diamagnetic atoms
ferromagnetic atoms
ferroparadiamagnetic atoms
paramagnetic atoms