A) Is used determine the age of living organisms. B) Used to determine the age of non-living material. C) Two of the answers are correct. D) Is used to determine once living materials.
A) 12C B) 238U C) 13C D) 14C
A) Shows all the stable and unstable isotopes of the elements. B) None of the answers are correct. C) Shows the path of radioactive decay from unstable isotope to stable isotope. D) Shows the path of radioactive decay from stable isotope to unstable isotope.
A) None of the answers are correct. B) From the walls of basements. C) It is a naturally occuring isotope in the decay chain of 238U. D) From the atmosphere.
A) the electrons in oribit around the nucleus are released into space. B) the energy absorbed to form the new nucleus is very great. C) in both, different nuclei are formed. D) both convert mass directly to energy.
A) an atom gaining a proton. B) two smaller atoms joining together to form a larger atom. C) an atom losing an electron. D) the splitting of an atom into smaller atoms.
A) an atom losing an electron. B) two smaller atoms joining together to form a larger atom. C) the splitting of an atom into smaller atoms. D) an atom gaining a proton.
A) Both of the answers are false B) The hydrogen bomb is more powerful than the atomic bomb. C) The atomic bomb uses nuclear fission, while the hydrogen bomb uses nuclear fussion. D) Both of the answers are true.
A) The use nuclear fission. B) They use both nuclear fission and nuclear fussion. C) The don't use either nuclear fission or nuclear fussion. D) They use nuclear fussion.
A) Three-Mile Island, Harrisburg, Pennsylvaina B) Chernobyl, Ukraine C) Nagasaki, Japan D) Hiroshima, Japan |