Across
- 2. Time taken for half the unstable nuclei in a radioactive sample to decay.
- 5. Energy required to change the state of 1 kg of a substance without changing its temperature.
- 6. Energy required to raise the temperature of 1 kg of a substance by 1°C.
- 8. Energy transferred per coulomb of charge.
- 11. Rate of flow of electric charge.
- 15. Radiation consisting of two protons and two neutrons emitted from a nucleus.
- 18. Number of protons in the nucleus of an atom.
- 19. Presence of unwanted radioactive material on or inside an object.
- 20. Total number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom.
Down
- 1. Splitting of a large unstable nucleus into two smaller nuclei, releasing energy.
- 3. Measure of how difficult it is for electric charge to flow.
- 4. High-frequency electromagnetic radiation emitted from a nucleus.
- 7. Rate at which energy is transferred or work is done.
- 9. Exposure to ionising radiation from a source.
- 10. Energy transferred when a force moves an object through a distance.
- 12. Total kinetic and potential energy of all the particles in a system.
- 13. Useful output energy divided by total input energy.
- 14. Radiation consisting of a fast-moving electron emitted from a nucleus.
- 16. Atoms of the same element with different numbers of neutrons.
- 17. Mass per unit volume of a substance.
