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6. What is the least ionizing type of radiation?
7. what is the most penetrating type of radiation?
8. What is the least penetrating type of radiation?
9. Which type of radiation is made up of 2 protons & 2 neutrons?
10. What type of radiation is made up of a high speed electron?
11. What type of radiation is made up of a very short wavelength?
12. Which type of radiation can be stopped by a thin sheet of paper, human skin, or a few centimeters of air?
13. Which type of radiation can be stopped by several centimeters of lead?
14. Which type of radiation can be stopped by metal or at least a meter of air?
15. Which type of radiation has a positive charge?
16. Which type of radiation has a negative charge?
17. Which type of radiation has a neutral charge?
18. Alpha and Beta are deflected in the same direction.
19. Alpha and Beta radiation are both deflected by electric and magnetic fields.
20. What is the half-life?
- the time taken for the number of parent atoms in a sample to half.
- the time taken for the number of parent atoms in a sample to double.
