Across
- 7. Electric and magnetic fields fluctuate rapidly when they travel through space. This includes radio waves, microwaves, visible light and x-rays
- 9. does not imply a radiation risk it is used as a means for comparison
- 11. As a consequence of a nuclear weapons testing and chemical explosions in nuclear power plants radiation is produced
- 12. Takes into account the dose of all types of ionizing radiation to radiated organs or tissues within the human body.
- 13. Physicians must_________ need for any radiation procedure to ensure the patient is never overexposed
- 15. Electromagnetic waves that contain full range of frequencies and wavelengths
- 17. These rays results from nuclear interactions that had taken place in and the sun and other stars
Down
- 1. Compton scatter results in___________ scatter
- 2. Natural sources of ionizing radiation that increase because of accidental or because of deliberate human actions such as mining
- 3. Number of protons that are within the nucleus of an atom
- 4. Medical radiation exposure is from the use of diagnostic _________
- 5. Radioactive elements that are long-lived and present and variable quantities in the Earth’s crust
- 6. High speed of electrons that are identical except for the fact that they are admitted from the nuclei of radioactive atoms instead of stemming in the atomic shells
- 8. ________ cancer is still the main adverse health effects of the fallout that occurred with the Chernobyl nuclear power plant
- 10. Made up of two protons and two neutrons
- 14. The positively charged components of an atom
- 16. Acronym used for as low as reasonably achievable