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1
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Emission of energy as electromagnetic waves or as moving subatomic particles which can cause ionization?

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Radiation

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How radiation enters through the body?

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  • Inhalation
  • Ingestion
  • Absorption
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A stream of particles or electromagnetic waves are emitted from atoms of radioactive substances as a result of?

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Nuclear Decay

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Sources of radiation?

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  • Cosmic
  • Terrestrial
  • Internal Radionuclides
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Natural background radiation which originates from outer space?

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Cosmic Background Radiation

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What sends a constant stream of cosmic radiation?

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Sun and Stars

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Small variation in temperature of background radiation?

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Anisotropies

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Radioactive material found throughout nature like soil, water and vegetation?

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Terrestrial Radiation.

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Common Terrestrial radioactive elements?

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Thorium and Uranium.

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Radioactive gas that is inhaled?

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Radon

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Major isotopes of concern for terrestrial radiation?

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Uranium, and the decay products.

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Decay products of Uranium?

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Thorium, Radium, Radon.

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Naturally occurring radioactive gas which can accumulate in closed places?

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Radon

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When an unstable atom breaks down, the nucleus turns into?

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Daughter Products

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Locations which have higher concentrations of uranium and thorium have higher?

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Dose levels.

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Give the common examples of internal radionuclides in our body?

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K40 C14 Pb210

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Primary source of radiation from the human body?

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K40

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18
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Amount of radioactive K40 in a 70kg person?

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5000Bq

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Unit which symbolizes the number of atoms undergoing radioactive decay every second?

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Becquerels

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20
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Sources of C14

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Plant based food.

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21
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Name the two groups of man exposed to radiation?

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  • Members of the Public

* Occupationally Exposed Individuals

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Sources of man made radiation that expose the public?

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  • Medical Procedures
  • Consumer Products
  • Nuclear Fuel Cycle
  • Shipment of radioactive materials
  • Nuclear weapons residue.
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Most significant exposure to man made radiation comes from?

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Medical Procedures.

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24
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Some isotopes used in medical imaging?

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I 131 Tc 99m Co 60 Ir 192 Cs 137

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25
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Radioactive substance in tobacco?

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Thorium

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26
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Radioactive substance in watches?

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Tritium

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27
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Radioactive substance in Smoke detectors?

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Americium

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28
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Radioactive material in lantern Mantles?

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Thorium

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Worst nuclear accidents?

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Chernobyl and Fukushima

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Where was Chernobyl?

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Ukraine

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31
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Some isotopes which which affect radiation workers?

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U, Co 60 Cs 137 Am 241

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32
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How is radiation exposure monitored?

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Dosimeters

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33
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Two basic types of radiation?

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  • Particulate Radiation

* Electromagnetic Radiation

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A stream of atomic or subatomic particles which carry energy?

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Particulate Radiation

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Forms of energy subatomic particles carry?

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  • Kinetic Energy

* Mass in Motion

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36
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Two properties of subatomic particles?

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  • Energy

* Mass

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37
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Alternative name for particle radiation?

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Corpuscular Radiation.

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Type of ionizing radiation ejected by the nuclei of unstable atoms. It is heavy, high energy consisting of 2 protons and two neutrons?

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Alpha particles.

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Subatomic particle identical to helium nucleus.

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Alpha particles.

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Who discovered the alpha particle?

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Ernest Rutherford.

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When did Ernest Rutherford discover the alpha particle?

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1899.

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What atom was Ernest Rutherford working with when he discovered the alpha particle?

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Uranium.

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43
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Velocity of alpha particles?

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one twentieth the speed of light.

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44
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What is the speed of light?

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3.8 x 108 m/s

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45
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Atomic number of naturally occurring alpha emitters?

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82 above.

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46
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2 alpha emitters used in industrial processes?

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  • Radium 226
  • Polonium 210
  • Americium 241
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47
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Use of Radium 226?

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Treat cancer.

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48
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Use of Polonium 210?

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Static Eliminator.

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49
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High velocity particle with the charge of -1.

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Beta Particles

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50
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Meaning of Beta?

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High speed.

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51
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Mass of beta particles?

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549 millionth of one amu.

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52
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Mass of beta particle compared to protons or neutrons?

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1/2000

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53
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Who discovered beta particles?

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Henri Becquerel

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54
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When did Henri Becquerel discover the beta particle?

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1900

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55
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Beta particles are identical to?

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Electrons.

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56
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Factor which affects speed of beta particles?

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Energy

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57
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Used to treat thyroid disorders?

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Iodine 131

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58
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Used in biology and genetics research?

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Phosphorus 32

59
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Radioactive tracer in medical and agricultural studies?

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Strontium 90

60
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Used to ensure safety of potential new drugs?

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Tritium.

61
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Used to treat cancers?

A

Radium 226

62
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Used as a static eliminator?

A

Polonium 210

63
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Used in some smoke detectors?

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Americium 241

64
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Used as a dating tool?

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Carbon 14

65
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How many years can carbon 14 date?

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30,000 years

66
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A particle with no charge with about the same mass as a proton?

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Neutron.

67
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Who discovered the Neutron?

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James Chadwick

68
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When was the neutron discovered?

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1932

69
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High speed nuclear particles that have exceptional ability to penetrate other materials?

A

Neutrons

70
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Only particle which can make other objects radioactive?

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Neutrons.

71
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Process of neutron emission which causes other objects to become radioactive?

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Neutron activation.

72
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Type of container which can contain neutron emitters?

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Thick hydrogen containing materials.

73
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Type of radiation where neutrons are emitted?

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Neutron Radiation.

74
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Most neutron radiation occurs in?

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Nuclear Reactors.

75
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Antimatter counterpart of the electron?

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Positron.

76
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Alternative name for positron?

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Antielectron

77
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Charge and mass of positron?

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+1, same as electron.

78
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Occurs when low energy positron collides with low energy electron.

A

Annihilation.

79
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Product of annihilation?

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Two or more gamma ray photons.

80
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How to produce gamma ray photons?

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Annihilation.

81
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The two who contributed to the discovery of positrons?

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  • Carl D. Anderson

* Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac

82
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Pure energy with no mass and is like vibrating or pulsating waves of electrical and magnetic energy?

A

Electromagnetic Radiation.

83
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Produced by vibrating electric charges, as a result have both electric and magnetic components?

A

Electromagnetic Radiation.

84
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How are electromagnetic radiation produced?

A

Vibrating electric Charge.

85
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Electromagnetic Radiation consists of both?

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Electric and Magnetic Components

86
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Acts like small packets of energy

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Photon.

87
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How electromagnetic radiation travels?

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Wave like pattern in straight lines.

88
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Difference between electromagnetic radiation?

A

Amount of energy found in photons.

89
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Types of electromagnetic radiation?

A
  • Radiowaves
  • Microwaves
  • Infrared
  • Visible Light
  • Ultraviolet Light
  • X-rays
  • Gamma Rays
90
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Range of wavelengths or frequencies over which electromagnetic radiation extends?

A

Electromagnetic Spectrum.

91
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Have the longest wavelength and carry signals for television and phones?

A

Radiowaves.

92
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Length of Long microwaves?

A

Foot long.

93
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Two types of Microwaves?

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Longer and Shorter Microwaves

94
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Microwaves used to heat food?

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Longer Microwaves

95
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Microwaves used in remote sensing, radar.

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Shorter Microwaves.

96
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Lies between the visible and the microwave portion of the electromagnetic spectrum?

A

Infrared.

97
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Primary source of IR?

A

Heat or thermal radiation.

98
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How is thermal radiation produced?

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Motion of atoms and molecules.

99
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Three categories of infrared?

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  • Near Infrared
  • Mid Infrared
  • Far Infrared
100
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Refers to the part of the infrared spectrum closest to visible light?

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Near-Infrared

101
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Refers to the region of infrared closer to the microwave region.

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Far-Infrared.

102
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Refers to the region of infrared in-between near and far?

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Mid-Infrared

103
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How is energy of electromagnetic radiation measured?

A

Electron volts (eV)

104
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As the frequency of photons increases?

A

Energy in each photon increases.

105
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As frequency increases?

A

Wavelength decreases.

106
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Tends to deposit energy at localized range?

A

Directly Ionizing Radiation

107
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Deposits energy along the whole path?

A

Indirectly Ionizing Radiation

108
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Parts of a wave?

A

Crest, Trough

109
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Formula of frequency and wavelength.

A

v= λf

110
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Properties of a wave?

A
  • Frequency
  • Wavelength
  • Energy
111
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Number of Oscillations per unit time?

A

Frequency

112
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Usual identifier for frequency?

A

Cycles per Second (cps)

113
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Frequency is represented by?

A

Nu ν

114
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Unit of measurement for frequency?

A

Hertz

115
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Distance of one crest to another?

A

Wavelength.

116
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Shape of wave?

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Sine wave.

117
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Greek Letter representing wavelength?

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λ (Lambda)

118
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Unit of measurement for wavelength?

A

Angstrom (Å)

119
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One angstrom Unit is?

A

10 -10 m

120
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1 nm is equal to how many Angstroms?

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10 Å

121
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1 nm is equal to how many meters?

A

10-9

122
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When ionizing photons interact with materials setting free a single electron.

A

Indirectly Ionizing Radiation.

123
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All directly ionizing radiation must be moving at?

A

Relativistic Speeds.

124
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A large transfer event from primary charged particle to an electron of medium, resulting in production of relatively energetic secondary electron produces?

A

Delta ray

125
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Delta rays produce?

A

Multiple Ionization events

126
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Radiation with enough energy so that during interaction with an atom, it removes tightly bound electrons from orbit.

A

Ionizing Radiation.

127
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Only electromagnetic waves visible to human eyes.

A

Visible Light

128
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Which of the visible light spectrum has the longest wavelength?

A

Red

129
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Which of the visible light spectrum has the shortest wavelength?

A

Violet.

130
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Plastic object which breaks white light apart?

A

Prism.

131
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Shorter wavelength than visible light?

A

Ultraviolet.

132
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Three regions of UV?

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  • Near UV
  • Far UV
  • Extreme UV
133
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Closest region of UV to optical or visible light?

A

Near UV.

134
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UV region closest to X-rays?

A

Extreme UV

135
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Most energetic region of UV?

A

Extreme UV

136
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Lies between the near and extreme UV regions?

A

Far UV.

137
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Only part of UV which can ionize?

A

Extreme UV.

138
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Smaller wavelength compared to UV?

A

X-rays

139
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Who discovered X-rays?

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Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen.

140
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When did Roentgen discover X-rays?

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November 8, 1895, Friday Late afternoon.

141
Q

Smallest wavelength, with the most energy.

A

Gamma Rays

142
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Generated by nuclear explosions?

A

Gamma rays.

143
Q

Radiation that has enough energy to move atoms around causing them to vibrate, but not enough to remove electrons.

A

Non ionizing radiation.

144
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Range of non ionizing radiation?

A

100 Hz or less.

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