Radiation 0.0 / 5 ? PhysicsRadioactivityGCSEEdexcel Created by: Pilot94Created on: 25-02-23 09:36 What is Radiation? Radiation is the product of breaking down of the nucleus in an atom 1 of 13 Radition is...? ionising random penetrating 2 of 13 How can radiation be detected? A geiger muller tube/geiger counter photographic film 3 of 13 Radiation is always... present 4 of 13 Natural radiation is caused by...? Radon gas from the ground cosmic rays from the sun from rocks 5 of 13 Human radiation is caused by...? Medical facitlities x-rays buildings nucleur power stations nucluer waste food 6 of 13 The Acitivity of a source is the...? number of particles of radiation given off every second 7 of 13 The unit of activity is? becquerel (bq) 8 of 13 Alpha radiation is..? a helium particle highly ionising a big particle not very penetrating 9 of 13 Beta minus radiation is...? a high energy electron Emitted when a neutron turns into a proton and an electron. moderatly penetrating moderatly ionising 10 of 13 Beta plus radiation is...? a high energy positron Emitted when a proton turns into a neutron and an positron moderatly penetrating moderatly ionising 11 of 13 Gamma radiation is...? a high energy electromagnetic wave with no mass or charge highly penetrating lowly ionising 12 of 13 When a nucleus emits gamma radiation there is no change to it's...? mass or atomic number 13 of 13
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