Jeopardy Nuclear Chem Fission / Fusion Half Life Mystery Q $100 Q $100 Alpha, beta, gamma Decay Nuclear Chem Fission / Fusion Half Life Mystery Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Final Jeopardy

$100 Decay This decay has the same composition as a helium nucleus

$100 Decay What is alpha decay

$200 Decay The atomic mass of an atom remains the same in this type of decay?

$200 Decay What is gamma decay

$300 Decay The most difficult radiation to block out is?

$300 Decay What is gamma radiation?

$400 Decay When 238 U becomes 234 Th 92 90

$400 Decay What is alpha decay

$500 Decay 230 Th  gammy ray + 90

$500 Decay 230 Th 90

$100 Nuclear Chemistry What specifically gets ejected in alpha decay?

$100 Nuclear Chemistry A helium nucleus

$200 Nuclear Chemistry What is the nuclear notation for Nitrogen-15?

$200 Nuclear Chemistry 15 N 7

$300 Nuclear Chemistry How are the products of nuclear reactions different than chemical reactions?

$300 Nuclear Chemistry In nuclear reactions elements form new elements

$400 Nuclear Chemistry This particle has a +2 charge and a mass of 4 amu.

$400 Nuclear Chemistry What is an alpha particle?

$500 Nuclear Chemistry What is the Nuclear symbol for Oxygen-15

$500 Nuclear Chemistry 15 O 8

$100 Half Life If Carbon-12 takes 100 years to go from 100g to 50g, How long is its half life?

$100 Half Life 100 years!!

$200 Half Life What percent is left over after 3 half lives?

$200 Half Life 12.5 %

$300 Half Life Hydrogen-3 has a half life of 12 years. If you start with an 80.0g sample how much is left after 24 years?

$300 Half Life What is 20.0g

$400 Half Life Why is it important to understand half life? List 4 reasons!

$400 Half Life Safety when handling Medicine Radioactive dating Test thickness of containers Used in smoke alarms Used in water sources to determine if an underground source is leaking

$500 Half Life Calcium-22 has a half life of 25 years. If you start out with a 50.0 g sample and you have only 6.25g left, how many years have passed?

$500 Half Life What is 75 years

$100 Fission / Fusion When one nucleus is spilt into two smaller nuclei

$100 Fission / Fusion What is fission

$200 Fission / Fusion When two or more nuclei combine to form one large nucleus

$200 Fission / Fusion What is Fusion

$300 Fission / Fusion What produces more energy a nuclear fission or a nuclear fusion reaction?

$300 Fission / Fusion Nuclear Fusion Reaction

$400 Fission / Fusion What particle is released during the fission of U-235?

$400 Fission / Fusion What is a neutron

$500 Fission / Fusion What reaction is known most commonly with the atomic bomb?

$500 Fission / Fusion What is fission reactions?

$100 Mystery The process in which the nucleus of an atom spontaneously changes by emitting particles and energy

$100 Mystery radioactivity

$200 Mystery What is the nuclear symbol for a beta particle?

$200 Mystery 0 e -1

$300 Mystery 14 C  Beta + _______? 6

$300 Mystery 14 N 7

$400 Mystery What is used to measure radiation?

$400 Mystery Geiger counter

$500 Mystery How many half lives did we go through during the half life penny lab? What is the half life of this element?

$500 Mystery What is 2 days

Final Jeopardy List the types of radioactive decay that occur as U-238 becomes U-234.

Final Jeopardy Alpha, Beta, Beta