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Radiation Safety Exam B Questions and Answer's 2024
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Radiation Safety Exam BWhat ionizing radiation produces biological changes in living tissues? - answer ALL
Radiation causes Ionization of Atoms which may affect what? - answer Molecules,
Cells, Tissues, Organs, whole body
What causes biological damage of tissues from radiation? - answer Interaction of
radiation with atoms
What is natural background radiation? - answer natural exposure to ionizing radiation at
all times
What are the main sources of Natural Background radiation? - answer Radioactive
substances in earths crust
Radioactive gas from the Earth
Cosmic rays from outer space
Trace amounts of radioactivity in the body
Which radioactive isotopes are still around since when the earth formed? - answer
Isotopes with long half lives, and the isotopes they produce
What are 2 examples of long half life Isotopes produced when the earth was formed? -
answer Uranium and Thorium
What isotope is produced from Uranium and Thorium - answer Radon
What is Radon? Where does it come from? - answer Cancer causing radioactive gas
from natural decay of Uranium
Where is Radon found? - answerAlmost all soil
What is the second leading cause of cancer in the united states? - answerRadon gas
trapped in the lungs
What is cosmic radiation composed of primarily? - answerProtons
At sea level, what is cosmic radiation mostly composed of? - answerMuons,
Some gamma rays, neutrons and electrons
Where is the dose of cosmi radiation higher? - answerHigh Altitude
What are the most common radioactive materials that we consume? - answerTritium H3
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