Extra Credit Crossword
Across
- 1. Ability of a radioactive emission to pass through matter.
- 3. The difference in mass between a nucleus and its component nucleons.
- 5. The process of determining the age of an object by measuring the amount of a certain radioisotope remaining in the object.
- 6. A reaction in which an atom's atomic number is altered.
- 8. The splitting of a nucleus into fragments.
- 11. A force that acts on subatomic particles that are extremely close together and overcomes electrostatic repulsion.
- 14. Alpha particles being attracted towards a negatively charged plate.
- 17. A high-energy radiation that possesses no mass.
- 22. Negatively charged particles; Located in the electron cloud.
- 23. Positively charged particles located in the nucleus of the atom.
- 24. The process by which an unstable atomic nucleus loses energy by radiation.
- 25. Neutrally charged particles that are located in the nucleus of the atom.
- 27. A form of high-energy electromagnetic radiation.
- 28. What protons and neutrons are referred to as.
- 30. Radiation Radiation energetic enough to ionize matter with which it collides.
- 31. A series of nuclear reactions that begin with an unstable nucleus and result in the formation of a stable nucleus.
- 34. Sum of the number of protons and neutrons.
- 35. A tiny dense region in the center of an atom where almost all mass is located.
- 36. Composed of only one electron producing a 1- charge.
- 37. 1 MeV=1.6022*10^-13J
- 38. equation that relates mass and energy; e=mc^2.
- 39. Energy required to separate an atomic nucleus into its parts.
- 40. The area on a graph where all stable nuclei are found.
Down
- 2. An isotope of an atom with unstable nuclei.
- 4. A unit of mass used to show stomic and molecular weights.
- 7. The combining of atomic nuclei.
- 9. The time required for one-half of a radioisotope's nuclei to decay into its products.
- 10. The process that involves striking nuclei with high-velocity particles.
- 12. A change of a radioactive nucleus when bombarded with particles; fission.
- 13. Atoms with the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons.
- 15. The difference in mass between a nucleus and its component nucleons.
- 16. element Name given to elements with atomic numbers and above.
- 18. Contains two protons and two neutrons giving it a 2+ charge.
- 19. Beta particles being attracted towards a positively charged plate.
- 20. Used to show decay series.
- 21. The emission of energy as high-energy particles that cause ionization.
- 26. Calculated mass - actual mass
- 29. Mega electron-volt
- 32. Number of protons in an atom.
- 33. The emission of ionizing radiation or particles.