Ionisation, by bashing into atoms and knocking electrons off them (atoms with no overall charge are turned into ions)
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3. The further the radiation can penetrate before hitting an atom and getting stopped the ____ damage it will do along the way and the ____ ionising it is
less damage, less ionising
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4. Some substances give out radiation from the ______ of their atoms all the time
Nuclei
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5. These substances are said to be _________
Radioactive
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
2. What does nuclear radiation cause, and how?
Back
Ionisation, by bashing into atoms and knocking electrons off them (atoms with no overall charge are turned into ions)
Card 3
Front
3. The further the radiation can penetrate before hitting an atom and getting stopped the ____ damage it will do along the way and the ____ ionising it is
Back
Card 4
Front
4. Some substances give out radiation from the ______ of their atoms all the time
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