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Radioactivity Quiz

What are the negatively charged particles in atoms?
Neutrinos
Positrons
Electrons
Quarks
What is the name for the centre of an atom?
Nucleus
Centroid
Midpoint
Centrifuge
What kind of particles did Rutherford bombard gold foil with to discover the nucleus?
Beta-Particles
Z-Particles
Photons
Alpha-Particles
What was the name of the scientist who proposed a model of how electrons are arranged in certain orbits about the nucleus?
Ernest Rutherford
Niels Bohr
Henry Cavendish
G.W. Liebniz
What does the atomic number(Z) of an element stand for?
The number of electrons in an atom of that element
The number of protons in atom of that element
How strongly the element radioactively decays
The mass of an atom of that element
Which of these is a type of nuclear radiation?
Zeta-radiation
Phi-radiation
Beta-radiation
Epsilon-radiation
What is alpha radiation?
Fast moving protons
Fast moving electrons
Fast moving helium nuclei
Slow moving strontium nuclei
Which type of ionizing radiation is the most penetrating?
Gamma
Beta
Alpha
Meme
Which of the following is a wave?
Beta
Alpha
Peta
Gamma
Which type of reaction is used in thermonuclear bombs?
Fission
Fusion
Both
None
What country detonated the most powerful nuclear bomb?
Soviet Union
USA
China
North Korea
What country has the largest nuclear power plant? (by capacity)
England
Japan
USA
Ukraine
What does the Geiger–Müller counter measure?
Speed
Time
Electricity
Radiation
Who discovered X-rays?
Albert Einstein
Richard Feynman
Cockroft and Walton
Wilhem Röntgen
Why is radiation dangerous to humans?
It ionises the cells
It causes cell lysis
It causes cell mitosis
It causes halitosis
In the equation E = mc^2 what does the ‘E’ stand for?
Entropy
Energy
Enthalpy
Emission
What element is used in nuclear fissions?
Carbon-14
Strontium
Barium
Uranium 235
How does nuclear fission occur?
Bombarding a large nucleus with neutrons
Bombarding a large nucleus with electrons
Using X-rays on a large nucleus
Using Y-rays on a large nucleus
What does the activity of a radioactive substance mean?
The number of beta-rays present
The number of nuclei of that substance decaying per second
The frequency of the radiation
The wavelength of the radiation
What was the name of the former KGB officer who was assainated with radiation?
Alexander Litvinenko
Leo Tolstoy
Vladimir Lenin
Ivan Pavlov
What is Gamma radiation?
High wavelength E.M. radiation
High frequency electromagnetic radiation
Fast moving electrons
Fast moving neutrinos
What is the name of the source of radioactivity at Chernobyl?
Horses mouth
Giraffes tail
Frogs tongue
Elephants foot
Who was the leader of the Manhattan Project?
Richard Feynman
Robert Oppenheimer
Albert Einstein
Plato
What nuclear process takes place in the Sun?
Fusion
Fission
Confession
Fishing
What country was Einstein born in?
USA
Germany
England
Austria
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