Final Exam 2017 Flashcards
What is the term for radioisotopes that are used to study chemical reactions and molecular structures?
Tracers
What is the term for radiation that carries energy and potential harm and causes electrons to be ejected from atoms and molecules forming ions?
Ionizing Radiation
What are radioactive substances because they have unstable nuclei?
Radioisotopes
What is the term for the process that uranium give off rays?
Radioactivity
What is a control method for neutrons that involves decreasing the number of slow neutrons?
Neutron Absorption
What is the term for when the nuclei of certain isotopes are bombarded with neutrons splitter the nucleus into smaller fragments?
Fission
What is the term for the time required for half of the atoms of a radioisotope to emit radiation and to decay?
Half-life
What is the device that uses a phosphor to detect radiation?
Scintillation Counter
What contains 2 protons and 2 neutrons and has a double positive charge?
Alpha Particle
What is the term for a relatively constant level of radiation?
Background radiation
What is the SI unit for measuring the amount you are exposed to ionizing radiation?
Gray
What is the term for the changes in the structure of DNA that fuels evolution?
Mutations
What is a gas filled metal tube used to detect radiation?
Geiger Counter
What is the term for penetrating rays emitted by a radioactive source?
Radiation
What is the term for a form of ionizing radiation that results from changes in the nuclei of atoms?
Nuclear Radiation
What is a factor in the materials’ ability to warm up (amount of energy needed to raise 1 gram - 1* Celsius)?
Heat Capacity
What is the result of simultaneous collisions of billions upon billions of gas particles with an object?
Gas Pressure
What gases are propellants used in aerosol cans and as coolants in fridges and air conditioners and solvents for cleaning microchips?
Chlorofluorocarbons
What is the layer of gas that surrounds the earth and protects us from UV rays, it is only about 3 mm thick?
Ozone
What is the process mammalian so use to convert oxygen and sugar into carbon dioxide and water?
Respiration
What is the outermost layer of the atmosphere that contains electrically charged particles called ions a reflects radio waves?
Thermosphere
What is an unstable nucleus that loses energy by emitting radiation during a process?
Radioactive Decay
What is the term for the atoms of the same element with a different number of neutrons?
Isotopes
What consists of fast-moving electrons formed by the decomposing of a neutron of an atom?
Beta Radiation
What is the term for a disease where cell growth and metabolism is out of control?
Cancer
What is the term for when 2 nuclei combine to produce a nucleus of a heavier mass?
Fusion
What is the term for the cancer of the while blood cells?
Leukemia
What is the term for the number of ionizations within a given volume?
Radiation Density
What do we use to measure the ionizing effect of living organisms?
REM
What are the rods of cadmium that are used to increase or decrease the amount of energy produced?
Control Rods
What is the combination of 3 fatty acids molecules with a glycerol?
Triglyceride
What is the term for the energy from the Earth that is released back INTO space?
Outward flow
What is the layer of the atmosphere that extends 30 miles up - - there is very little wind and it is very cold - planes fly here?
Stratosphere
What is the term for a volume of a given amount of gas held at a constant temperature varies inversely with the applied pressure when the temperature and mass are constant?
Boyle’s law
What is the term for then light energy strikes objects - - some surfaces absorb it and heat up and some reflect it?
Reflectivity
What is the term for the flow of energy that comes from the sun?
Inward flow
What layer of the atmosphere extends from around 31 miles above the Earth’s surface to 53 miles?
Mesosphere
What is the term for the process of absorbing reflected energy?
Greenhouse Effect
What is the precipitation that has a pH under 5.4?
Acid Rain
What is the temperature at which the point when all motion ceases - - theoretically?
Absolute Zero