Across
- 3. the most dangerous type of radiation decay
- 5. the total number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus
- 6. an element with a different mass number that is on the periodic table
- 8. the process of emitting radiation
- 10. a nuclear reaction that requires two small nuclei to be bonded into one big atom
- 12. a reaction started by one event and continues to make more reactions
- 13. the total number of protons in an atom
- 14. the time it takes for half of a sample to decay
Down
- 1. a nuclear reaction that requires one heavy atom to be split into two atoms
- 2. a negatively charged electron
- 4. the safest type of radiation decay
- 7. a positively charged particle located in the nucleus
- 9. the positively charged region at the center of an atom
- 11. a negatively charged particle, located in the nucleus
