Nuclear Chemistry Test Bank Flowers Ch.21

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Chapter 21: Nuclear Chemistry

1. Which of the following is emitted by radioactive nuclei and contains two protons and two neutrons? (Outcome # 3) (DOK 1)
2. alpha particles
3. beta particles
4. gamma rays
5. Which of the following is emitted by radioactive nuclei and is a type of high energy radiation that does not contain mass or charge? (Outcome # 3) (DOK 1)
6. alpha particles
7. beta particles
8. gamma rays
9. Which of the following is emitted by radioactive nuclei and has a mass and charge that is identical to an electron? (Outcome # 3) (DOK 1)
10. alpha particles
11. beta particles
12. gamma rays
13. Gamma Ray Emission is represented by which symbol? (Outcome # 3) (DOK 1)
14. β
15. α
16. γ
17. Beta particle emission is represented by which symbol? (Outcome # 3) (DOK 1)
18. β
19. α
20. γ
21. Alpha particle emission is represented by which symbol? (Outcome # 3) (DOK 1)
22. β
23. α
24. γ
25. Which of the following sources of radiation is higher in energy? (Outcome # 3) (DOK 1)
26. visible light
27. ultra violet light
28. infrared light
29. Which of the following sources of radiation has a longer wavelength? (Outcome # 3) (DOK 1)
30. visible light
31. infrared light
32. ultra violet light
33. Which is an example of nonionizing radiation? (Outcome # 3) (DOK 1)
34. radiowaves
35. x-rays
36. cosmic rays
37. Which is an example of ionizing radiation? (Outcome # 3) (DOK 1)
38. radiowaves
39. infrared light
40. cosmic rays
41. Which is an example of ionizing radiation? (Outcome # 3) (DOK 1) (Clone 1)
42. ultra violet light
43. visible light
44. infrared light
45. What is nonionizing radiation? (Outcome # 3) (DOK 1)
46. radiation that does not have a sufficient amount of energy to remove an electron from an atom or molecule
47. radiation that has sufficient amount of energy to remove an electron from an atom or molecule
48. radiation that does not have a sufficient amount of energy to gain an electron from an atom or molecule
49. What is ionizing radiation? (Outcome # 3) (DOK 1)
50. radiation that does not have a sufficient amount of energy to remove an electron from an atom or molecule
51. radiation that has sufficient amount of energy to gain an electron from an atom or molecule
52. radiation that has sufficient amount of energy to remove an electron from an atom or molecule
53. Which type of radiation has sufficient energy to penetrate into organs, tissue, and bone? (Outcome # 3) (DOK 2)
54. gamma radiation
55. alpha radiation
56. beta radiation
57. Which type of radiation has insufficient energy and cannot penetrate the outer layers of human skin? (Outcome # 3) (DOK 2)
58. gamma radiation
59. alpha radiation
60. beta radiation
61. Which is a type of nuclear reaction where two small nuclei are merged together to generate a larger nuclei and a tremendous amount of energy? (Outcome # 3) (DOK 1)
62. nuclear fission
63. nuclear fusion
64. neutron scattering
65. Which is a type of nuclear reaction where a large nucleus splits into two smaller nuclei with the release of a large amount of energy?(Outcome # 3) (DOK 1)
66. neutron scattering
67. nuclear fusion
68. nuclear fission
69. Through what process does the sun generate its energy? (Outcome # 3) (DOK 1)
70. nuclear fusion
71. nuclear fission
72. neutron scattering
73. _____ is an instrument used to measure levels of ionizing radiation. (Outcome # 3) (DOK 1)
74. radio counter
75. Geiger counter
76. radiation counter
77. Technetium-99m is commonly used as a medical radioisotope in numerous medical diagnostic procedures yearly. The half-life of technetium-99m is 6.00 hours. After 1 day, a medical sample was found to contain 0.05 grams of technetium-99m. How many grams of technetium-99m were present initially? (Outcome # 3) (DOK 3)
78. 0.8 g
79. 0.2 g
80. 0.1 g
81. Before the use of technetium-99m, patients with high risk coronary artery disease were evaluated using thallium-201 which has a half-life of 73.00 hours. If a person is exposed to 5.000 μg of thallium-201, how many hours would it take to reach 10.00 % of its original mass? (Outcome # 3) (DOK 3)
82. 3.322 hours
83. 242.5 hours
84. 21.98 hours
85. How much of a 0.230 g radioactive sample with a half-life of 8 hours would remain after a period of 2.50 days? (Outcome # 3) (DOK 3)
86. 8.98 x 10^-4 g
87. 1.80 x 10^-3 g
88. 1.27 x 10^-3 g
89. What is the half-life of a radioactive sample if 0.892 g would take 3.73 days to decay to 0.114 g? (Outcome # 3) (DOK 3)
90. 0.331 hours
91. 2.96 hours
92. 30.1 hours