Radiation worksheet.
- Created by: taraflynn2007
- Created on: 28-03-21 20:31
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The diagram shows an experiment in which three different materials were placed in front of three radioactive sources. Remember that alpha particles have a positive charge, beta particles have a negative charge and gamma rays have no charge.
1 Complete the table of radioactive penetration using the diagram above. For the last two columns, use the words ‘highly’, ‘partly’ or ‘slightly’.
Radiation
Blocked by
Penetrating
Ionising
alpha
piece of paper
slightly
highly
beta
aluminium sheet
partly
partly
gamma
lead
highly
slightly
2 The boxes show different types of radiation that unstable nuclei can emit.
alpha particle
P, 1, +
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