Radiation Factors impacting Biological Harm (5)

Question 1

Alpha particles effect compared to Gamma Radiation

Answer 1

Alpha will deposit all of its energy into a small volume of tissue, Gamma will spread its energy over a large volume of tissue

Question 2

Alpha Particles compared to Beta Particles

Answer 2

Alpha Particles are 7,000x bigger than Beta Particles and move slower causing more damage

Question 3

Percent of Body Exposed

Answer 3

A whole body dose is worse than a restricted dose

Question 4

Size of received dose

Answer 4

the higher the dose in one exposure = larger the damage

Question 5

Rate of received dose

Answer 5

One exposure time dose will cause more damage than the same dose over a period of time

Question 6

Age of person

Answer 6

Younger you are the more impact radiation will have because children are growing which means more cell division is occurring

Question 7

Biological differences

Answer 7

Some people are more affected by radiation than others. No studies have been able to determine why.