Ch 25 Nuclear Review Cz

What is the atomic number for carbon-14?

If a particle is emitted is it a product or reactant?

_________________ is the tiny bit of mass that is converted to energy in ALL nuclear reactions.

Name the missing particle.

What is the small amount of mass called that is lost in a nuclear reaction?

The number at the top of a particle symbol is it's charge. True/false?

What is the atomic number for carbon-12?

Which nuclear reaction produces the heat of the sun?

Why don't we harness fusion as an energy source? 

Radioactive decay always leads towards  particles that are ________________.

Which do you have in an atomic bomb?

______________________ is the mass lost in a nuclear reaction.

What radiation can be stopped by a piece of paper? Hint: it is the largest form of radiation.

How many protons are in the nucleus of bromine-80?

This particle most closely resembles a hydrogen nuclei.

This particle closely resembles an electron.

When does annihilation of matter occur?

This particle has mass but no charge.

Which is the splitting of atoms?

What is emitted when Radium-226 (Ra) transmutates into Radon-222 (Rn)? Choose any that apply.

If a particle is absorbed in a reaction, it is a _________________.

Which particles repel in the nucleus and cause decay?

A tiny bit of mass is converted to energy in nuclear reactions. What is that energy called?

Which number is the mass number? 

If decay occurs, the particle is a __________________.

Two particles join to form a larger one, with a release of energy.

Choose all of the ways that chemical reactions are different from nuclear reactions.

What element is the primary fuel for fission reactors? 

What form of radiation goes through the skin?

How many neutrons are in the nucleus of bromine-80?

What provides energy to a power plant?

What does the atomic number tell us?

Which of these describes the amount of uranium needed for the atomic bomb?

Alpha particles look like a __________ nucleus and have a charge of __________.

Alpha particles are __________, Beta Particles are ______, and Gamma radiation is _________

What kind of decay causes bismuth-214 to decay into Polonium-214?

What stops a fission reaction from getting out of control?

Describe the reaction below. 

Gamma Radiation can be stopped by _________________. Choose 1 of 2 answers.

These two are examples of ___________________.

Uranium-236 undergoes alpha decay, What is the new particle?