Across
- 3. when a particle becomes charged by losing or gaining electrons.
- 6. the SI unit of activity, 1Bq=one decay per second.
- 8. electromagnetic radiation emitted by an atomic nucleus during radioactive decay.
- 9. the radiation from the environment to which we are exposed all the time.
- 10. an electrically neutral particle found in the atomic nucleus.
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- 1. nuclei of an element have the same proton number but different nucleon numbers
- 2. a "species" of nucleus having particular values of proton number and nucleon number
- 4. a particle found in the atomic nucleus: a proton or a neutron.
- 5. a particle(electron) emitted by an atomic nucleus during radioactive decay.
- 7. energy spreading out from a source carried by particles or waves
