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Radioactive Decay Worksheet

This document contains a worksheet with questions about radioactive decay, nuclear reactions, and applications of radioactivity. It includes fill-in-the-blank and short answer questions about predicting and describing radioactive decay, writing nuclear reactions, calculating radioactive decay over time, and discussing the roles of components in a nuclear reactor. It also asks students to list common uses of radioactivity.

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Radioactive Decay Worksheet

This document contains a worksheet with questions about radioactive decay, nuclear reactions, and applications of radioactivity. It includes fill-in-the-blank and short answer questions about predicting and describing radioactive decay, writing nuclear reactions, calculating radioactive decay over time, and discussing the roles of components in a nuclear reactor. It also asks students to list common uses of radioactivity.

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  • Chapter 25 Worksheet
  • Chemical Reaction Completion
  • Half-life and Nuclear Properties

CHAPTER 25 WORKSHEET Name:

Date:

1. Use the diagrams in your notes to predict if the isotopes below will undergo radioactive decay.

ISOTOPE RADIOACTIVE DECAY (YES OR NO)

2. Fill in the boxes with the correct symbol for each particle listed below:

alpha = Beta = Positron = Neutron =

3. Use the symbols above to fill in the blanks in the reactions below:

 (alpha decay with gamma radiation ) _________  ___________ + __________ + 

 (alpha decay ) __________  ___________ + __________

 (positron emission ) __________  ___________ + ____________

 (beta decay ) __________  ___________ + __________

 (beta decay with gamma radiation) __________  ___________ + __________ + 

 (beta capture) __________ + ___________  __________

 (beta capture) __________ + ___________  __________


4. Complete the reactions below:
+  +

  + _________________

  + _________________

2   _________________

5. What mass of a 2,400g sample of an isotope will remain after 32.8 days if the half life of the isotope is
8.2 days?

6. A 640g sample of an isotope decays to 40g in 625minutes. Find the half-life of the isotope.

7. A sample contains 9,000 particles of the original isotope for every 63,000 particles of the daughter
isotope. The half-life of the original isotope is 19 years. Find the age of the sample.

8. A 416 g sample of sodium-24 decays to 13.0 g of sodium-24 within 60.0 hours. What is the half-life of
this radioactive isotope?
9. If the half-life of iodine-131 is 4.10 days, how long will it take a 200.00 g sample to decay to 6.25 g?

Use your notes packet to fill in the blanks:

10. _________________________ is the most harmful type of nuclear emission because it has the most
penetrating power.

11. An alpha particle consists of ____________ neutrons and ______________ protons. It has a
______________ charge.

12. A beta particle is given off when a ______________________ breaks down to form a(n)
____________________ and a(n) __________________. It has a _________________ charge.

13. The reaction in a nuclear reactor is a ______________________ reaction. The role of the control rods in a
nuclear reactor is to ____________________________________________________________. The role of the
moderator in a nuclear reactor is to ________________________________________. Two good moderators
are _____________________ and _____________________.
The role of the holding tank in a nuclear reactor is to ___________________________________________.

14. _________________________ reactions occur when nuclei combine to create atoms of greater mass.
An example would be the fusion reactions on the sun in which different isotopes of ___________________
combine to form isotopes of ___________________________.

15. List three common uses for radioactivity:

a.

b.

c.

CHAPTER 25 WORKSHEET Name: Date: 1. Use the diagrams in your notes to predict if
4. Complete the reactions below: +  +
9. If the half-life of iodine-131 is 4.10 days, how long will it take a 200.00 g sample to decay to 6.25 g?

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