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Aqa Gcse Physics > Paper 1 - Topic 4, Atomic Structure > Flashcards

Paper 1 - Topic 4, Atomic Structure Flashcards

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What is activity

A

The rate at which an unstable nucleus decays

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2
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What is an alpha particle

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A positively charged particle consisting of two protons and two neutrons

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3
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What is the atomic number

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The number of protons found in an atom of a specific element

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4
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What is background radiation

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Radiation that is found in small quantities all around us and originates from natural resources such as rocks and cosmic rays as well as man-made resources like nuclear weapons testing and accidents

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What is a beta particle

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A high speed electron that a nucleus emits when a neutron converts into a proton

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What is a chain reaction

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The process of neutrons released by a fission reaction being absorbed by another unstable large nuclei and inducing further fission

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What is the count-rate

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The number of decays that a detector measures per second

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What is an electron

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Negatively charged particle that orbits around the nucleus in shells

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What are the products of fission

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Fission produces two smaller nuclei, two or three neutrons and gamma rays, these products are released with kinetic energy

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What is a gamma ray

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Electromagnetic radiation emitted from a nucleus

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What is half-life

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The time it takes for the number of unstable nuclei of an isotope in a sample to halve, or the time it takes for the initial count rate of a sample of the isotope to halve

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What are ions

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Atoms with a resultant charge due to the loss or gain of electrons

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What is irradiation

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The process of an object being exposed to nuclear radiation, the object doesn’t become radioactive

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What are isotopes

A

Atoms with the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons

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What is the mass number

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The number of protons and neutrons in an atom

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What are negative ions

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Atoms that gained electron(s) and so have a resultant negative charge

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What are neutrons

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A neutrally charged part of the nucleus

18
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What is nuclear fission

A

The splitting of a large and unstable nucleus into two smaller and more stable nuclei to produce energy

19
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What is nuclear fusion

A

The joining of two small, light nuclei to form a larger heavier one and release energy

20
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What is the plum pudding model

A

An old model of the atom that represented the atom as a ball of positive charge with negative charges distributed throughout it

21
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What are positive ions

A

Atoms that have lost electrons and so have a resultant positive charge

22
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What are protons

A

A positively charged part of the nucleus

23
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What is radioactive contamination

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The unwanted presence of radioactive atoms on other materials, it is h dangerous due to the decay of the contaminating atoms

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What is radioactive decay

A

The random process involving unstable nuclei emitting radiation to become more stable

25
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What is spontaneous fission

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Fission that occurs without the absorption of a neutron

26
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What is the relative mass and charge of a proton

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Relative mass = 1
Relative charge = +1

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What is the relative mass and charge of a neutron

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Relative mass= 1
Relative charge= 0

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What is the relative mass and charge of an electron

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Relative mass = 0
Relative charge = -1

29
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What happens when an electron moves to a higher orbit (further from nucleus)

A

The atom has absorbed electromagnetic radiation

30
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What happens when the electron falls to a lower orbit (closer to nucleus)

A

The atom has emitted electromagnetic radiation

31
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What did Dalton describe the atom as in 1800

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Everything was made of time spheres that could not be divided

32
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What did JJ Thomson discover

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  • discovered electrons
  • came up with plum pudding model, sphere of positive charge with negative electrons dispersed throughout the positive ‘pudding’
  • the atom has an overall neutral charge
33
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What did Rutherford discover in 1911

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  • most of the atom is empty space
  • conducted the gold foil experiment

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