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$100 I am the Isotope of Carbon that is necessary for scientists to determine the age of a fossil that used to be alive. $100 Category 1 - Question

$100 What is carbon 14? $100 Category 1 - Answer

I am the number of extra neutrons present in the Isotope Carbon 14. $100 I am the number of extra neutrons present in the Isotope Carbon 14.

$100 What is 2 extra neutrons?

I am the overall charge of any atom in the periodic table. $100 I am the overall charge of any atom in the periodic table.

$100 What is a neutral?

$100 I am the charge of any atom in the periodic table which loses 3 electrons.

$100 What is +3 ?

$100 The two rows of elements in the periodic table which are separate from the rest of the table are _______ and _______.

What are lanthanides and actinides. $100 What are lanthanides and actinides.

$100 I am one of the separate groups on the periodic table in which most of the elements were synthesised in a lab using a particle accelerator to collide atoms into each other.

$100 What are the actinides?

$100 I am a common actinide created by colliding Uranium atoms together in a particle accelerator.

$100 What is plutonium?

$100 Na (sodium), Li (Lithium), and K (Potassium) belong to this group in the periodic table.

What are the alkali metals? $100 What are the alkali metals?

$100 Ca (Calcium), Mg (Magnesium), belong to group 2 of the period table. This group is also known as the ______ ____ ______.

What are the Alkaline Earth Metals? $100 What are the Alkaline Earth Metals?

$100 I am a group in the period table consisting of gases with satisfied valence electron shells that rarely react chemically.

What is the noble gases group? $100 What is the noble gases group?

$100 The ease and speed with which element combines, or reacts, with other substances is called reactivity.

$100 What is Reactivity?

$100 the deterioration of a metal due to a chemical reaction in the environment. E.G. Iron reacts with oxygen and this is called ‘rust’.

$100 What is: Corrosion?

DAILY DOUBLE

Daily Double ____ ______ Family is group 16 in the periodic table and contains oxygen, sulfur and selenium.

What is the oxygen family? Daily Double What is the oxygen family?

$100 ____ ________ Family is group 17 on the periodic table and contains fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine

What is the halogen family? $100

$100 When a bullet hits a target and breaks up upon impact, the pieces left over are called _______ _______.

$100 What are Spallation products.

$100 When two Uranium nuclei are collided together, the pieces that fly out this nuclear reaction are referred to as ________ _______ .

$100 What are Spallation Products?

$100 A possible spallation product in a nuclear reaction consists of a particle made of two protons and two neutrons. I am an _____ ________.

$100 What is: An Alpha Particle?

$100 I am the type of radioactive decay in which the nuclei of helium atoms are emitted.

$100 What is Alpha decay?

$100 During some radioactive decay, a neutron changes into a proton and emits an electron. In this case, these electrons are referred to as _____ ________ .

What are beta particles? $100 What are beta particles?

$100 The type of radioactive decay in which a neutron changes into a proton and an electron is released is this type of radioactive decay.

$100 What is beta decay?

$100 I am a type of radiation that almost always occurs during radioactive decay. I am more energetic and much more damaging compared to x-rays. I am ______ ______ .

What are Gamma Rays? $100

$100 The scientist that accidentally discovered radioactive decay using photographic plates was _______ _________.

Who is French scientist: $100 Who is French scientist: Henry Becquerel?

$100 I am the scientist who studied radioactivity extensively and concluded that uranium emits radioactivity spontaneously. I received the Nobel prize in Chemistry for my research. I am ______ _________ .

$100 Who is Marie Curie?

I am what archaeologists use the science behind radioactivity for. $100 I am what archaeologists use the science behind radioactivity for.

$100 What is Radioactive Dating?

$100 We are two other common uses that come from the science behind radioactive decay.

What are medicinal uses and nuclear energy? $100 What are medicinal uses and nuclear energy?