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6. Gamma rays-

  • are particles
  • are waves and have no charge
  • aren't on the electromagnetic spectrum
  • give you severe anger management issues

7. From shortest to longest, order the length ionising radiation forms can travel

  • Gamma, Alpha,Beta
  • Alpha,Gamma,Beta
  • Alpha,Beta,Gamma
  • Gamma, Beta, Alpha

8. What's an ion?

  • what I use to get the creases out my shirt
  • An atom that has an electrical charge as it as lost/gained electrons
  • A metal
  • An atom that has been exposed to radiation

9. which of these are the most penetrating?

  • beta particles
  • none
  • Gamma ray
  • Alpha particles

10. What does it mean by saying an element is radioactive?

  • It needs a better phone
  • It's nuclei are unstable, so may decay by emitting radiation.
  • It blows things up
  • None of the above

11. From most to least ionising, order the types of ionising radiation

  • alpha, beta,gamma
  • beta,alpha,gamma
  • alpha,gamma,beta
  • gamma,beta,alpha

12. A beta particle-

  • can be stopped with a piece of paper
  • is positively charged
  • is an electron
  • has no charge