IGCSE Combined Sciences - Radioactivity

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What does ionising radiaton cause?
Charged Particles
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What apparatus could be used to detect nuclear radiation?
A Geiger-Muller Counter
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An Alpha particle has the same atomic structure as what element's nuclei?
Helium
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A Beta particle is more simply a(n) ______?
Electron
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A substance is considered radioactive if it has an unstable nuclei in its atoms caused by a(n) _____?
Isotope
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Why would beta particles be influenced by a magnetic field more stronngly than an Alpha particle?
They have a smaller mass
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Card 2

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What apparatus could be used to detect nuclear radiation?

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A Geiger-Muller Counter

Card 3

Front

An Alpha particle has the same atomic structure as what element's nuclei?

Back

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Card 4

Front

A Beta particle is more simply a(n) ______?

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

A substance is considered radioactive if it has an unstable nuclei in its atoms caused by a(n) _____?

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Preview of the front of card 5
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Anisah

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Nice quiz!

Sebastian Bailey

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Thank you! :D

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