NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY TEST.

1. What is the product when alpha particles bombarded 231-Pa?

A) thorium
B) uranium
C) lathanium
D) samarium
E) Actinium

2. What is the product when Francium-223 is bombarded by beta particles.

A) radium
B) sodium
C) neptunium
D) lathanium
E) erbium

3. In nuclear notation, what is the number found at the upper left corner of the element?

A) atomic number
B) electrons
C) protons
D) mass number
E) neutrons

4. What is the particle without mass?

A) gamma
B) alpha
C) positron
D) electron capture
E) beta

5. The subatomic particles affected during nuclear reactions are

A) protons and electrons
B) electrons
C) protons only.
D) electrons and neutrons
E) protons and neutrons

6. This type of nuclear reaction refers to the splitting of the atoms.

A) Fission
B) half -life
C) fusion
D) degradation
E) regression

7. How many protons are subtracted from the original atom when bombarded by alpha particles

A) 6 protons
B) 5 protons
C) 2 protons
D) 3 protons
E) 4 protons

8. The decay of uranium by beta particles will produce this kind of element

A) nobelium
B) neptunium
C) the same element
D) thorium
E) fermium

9. Which is not a type of nuclear reaction?

A) positron emission
B) gamma decay
C) alpha decay
D) beta decay
E) transfer of electrons

10. If plutonium will be bombarded by gamma particles, what will happen to plutonium?

A) Atomic mass will change.
B) atomic number will change, but atomic mass will not change.
C) Both atomic mass and atomic number will change.
D) atomic mass and atomic number remains the same.
E) atomic number will change.

11. Which type of radiation has the greatest penetrating power?

A) Beta particle
B) Alpha particle
C) Electron capture
D) Neutron emission
E) Gamma ray

12. The technetium-99 isotope has a half-life of 6.0 hours. If 100.0 mg were injected into a patient how much remains after 18 hours?

A) 12.5 mg
B) .33 mg
C) 15.8 mg
D) 33.0 mg
E) 15 mg

13. Barium-122 has a half-life of 2 minutes. A fresh sample weighing 80 g was obtained. If it takes 10 minutes to set up an experiment using barium-122, how much barium-122 will be left when the experiment begins?

A) 0.25g
B) 80g
C) 2.5g
D) 50 mg
E) 25g

14. What does it mean when an element is radioactive?

A) Atom emits radiation
B) Emits radioactive particles
C) Nucleus changes to become stable
D) All options listed.
E) Nucleus is unstable due to uneven proton to neutron ratio

15. The time taken for half of an amount of radioactive atoms to decay.

A) Full-life
B) Zero life
C) Dead time
D) Half-life
E) Nuclear fusion

16. After the nucleus of a radioactive element undergoes changes, the element can transform into ...

A) different isotope of the same element.
B) Neither option listed.
C) An entirely different element.
D) Both options listed.

17. The process of nuclear change in an atom of radioactive material is called...

A) isotopes
B) radon
C) nuclear decay
D) nuclide
E) nuclear mass

18. Which of the following is an example of nuclear fusion?

A) A plutonium atom is used to start a chain reaction that detonates a nuclear weapon
B) A uranium atom is split apart into lighter elements
C) Two hydrogen atoms are combined to form a helium atom
D) Two hydrogen atoms bond with an oxygen atom to form a water molecule