Honors Chemistry: Nuclear Decay UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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Honors Chemistry: Nuclear Decay
UPDATED Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
What does an alpha particle consist of? - Correct Answer- Two protons and two neutrons
What happens to the atomic number during alpha decay? - Correct Answer- It goes down by
4
What happens to the mass number during ...
Honors Chemistry: Nuclear Decay
UPDATED Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
What does an alpha particle consist of? - Correct Answer- Two protons and two neutrons
What happens to the atomic number during alpha decay? - Correct Answer- It goes down by
4
What happens to the mass number during alpha decay? - Correct Answer- It goes down by 2
What is a daughter product? - Correct Answer- It is the element that is created after nuclear
decay
What element is emitted during alpha decay? - Correct Answer- Helium
What happens to a decaying neutron during beta decay? - Correct Answer- It changes from a
neutron to a proton and an electron
What happens to the electron during beta decay? - Correct Answer- It is emitted after being
transformed from a neutron
What is radioactivity? - Correct Answer- Means that an atom has a tendency to undergo
spontaneous nuclear decay
How does beta decay affect the mass number of an atom? - Correct Answer- The mass
number stays the same
How does beta decay affect the atomic number of an atom? - Correct Answer- The atomic
number of an atom will go up by 1
What is a positron? - Correct Answer- A type of antimatter equivalent to an electron
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