1. Radioactivity JEOPARDY!
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2. Final Jeopardy
Round 1

3. JEOPARDY!
Decay Particles
Chemical or Nuclear
Carbon Reaction
Half Life
Picture Examples
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5. Three types of decay particles.
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6. What are alpha, beta amd gamma?
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7. Decay that involves the release of an electron and the protons increase by 1 and neutrons decrease by 1
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8. What is Beta?
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9. High energy electromagnetic radiation; more energetic than x-rays
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10. What is a gamma ray?
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11. Any process by which a nucleus emits particles or energy.
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12. What is radioactivity?
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13. Machine used by scientists to achieve fission
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14. What is a particle accelerator?
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15. Famous for being 1st person to receive 2 Nobel Prizes; Discovered Radium and Polonium
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16. Who is Marie Curie?
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17. Only involves the electrons ;Atoms form ionic and covalent bonds
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18. What is chemical reaction?
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19. Used to sterilize food
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20. What is a radioactive reaction?
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21. Releases a HUGE amount of energy.
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22. What is a radioactive reaction?
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23. No greenhouse gases or acid rain but can be harmful and release thermal pollution.
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24. What is a radioactive reaction?
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25. Process by which plants use the sun’s energy to convert CO2 and Water
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26. What is Photosynthesis?
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27. Main compositions of Air
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28. What is 78% Nitrogen, 21% Oxygen, 1% argon….?
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29. Changes poisonous emissions of hydrocarbons and CO to CO2 and water
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30. What is a catalytic converter?
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31. 14C Be + 4He 6 4 2
Type of Decay Reaction
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32. What is alpha decay?
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33. 13C 6
Atomic Mass # =
Atomic # =
Number of neutrons =
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34. What is?
Atomic Mass # = 13
Atomic # = 6
Number of neutrons = 7
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35. 238U Th Pa U 230Th 92 90 91 92 90
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36. 238U Th Pa U 230Th 92 90 91 92 90
Alpha Beta Beta Alpha
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37. The atomic number mass and atomic number for Thorium- 234
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38. What is 234 (atomic mass) and 90 (atomic number)?
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39. Alpha and Beta Decay equations for: Americium-241
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40. What is: Alp ha Alpha
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Am  Cm e Beta 95 96 -1
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41. Alpha Decay of Polonium-211 Beta Decay of Polnium-211
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42. What is:
Alpha
Beta
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43. Kind of reaction that nuclear power plants currently use to generate electricity.
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44. What is Fission?
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46. What are Alpha Particles?
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48. What is Alpha Decay?
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50. What are Gamma Particles?
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52. What are Beta Particles?
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53. Daily Double!!!
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54. What is Beta- Decay?
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55. The subatomic particles in the nucleus that helps strengthen the strong nuclear force.
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56. What are neutrons?
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57. The force that holds protons and neutrons in the nucleus.
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58. What is the Strong Nuclear Force?
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59. Force that causes protons to repel each other
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60. What is the electromagnetic force?
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61. True or False: Any atom over atomic number 23 is unstable and radioactive.
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62. What is False? Any element over atomic number 83
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63. T or F? Fusion is the splitting of the atom where Fission is the combining of nuclei.
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64. What is False?
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65. The force that repels protons in the nucleus
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66. What is electromagnetic force?
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