Radioactivity

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  • Created by: SamDavies
  • Created on: 20-02-14 17:37

1. What did Geiger and Marsden's famous experiment entail?

  • Firing alpha particles at gold foil
  • Firing beta particles at gold foil
  • Firing alpha particles at aluminium foil
  • Firing beta particles at aluminium foil
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2. Which type of radiation is the most ionising?

  • Alpha particles
  • Beta particles
  • Gamma rays

3. What type of radiation is used for medical tracers?

  • Beta particles and Gamma rays
  • Alpha and Beta particles
  • Alpha particles and Gamma rays

4. Which type of radiation has no mass or charge?

  • Gamma rays
  • Alpha particles
  • Beta particles

5. Which type of radiation increases the atomic number by 1 and reduces the number of neutrons by 1 after it is emitted?

  • Beta particles
  • Alpha particles
  • Gamma rays
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