Calculating Radioactive Decay (AQA GCSE Physics Combined Science): Quizzes
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What are nuclear equations used to represent?
What are nuclear equations used to represent?
Radioactive decay
What happens to the mass of the nucleus during alpha decay?
What happens to the mass of the nucleus during alpha decay?
It decreases
What happens to the charge of the nucleus during alpha decay?
What happens to the charge of the nucleus during alpha decay?
It decreases
Does beta decay cause the mass of the nucleus to change?
Does beta decay cause the mass of the nucleus to change?
No, mass stays the same
What happens to the charge of the nucleus during beta decay?
What happens to the charge of the nucleus during beta decay?
It increases
What effect does gamma decay have on the mass and charge of the nucleus?
What effect does gamma decay have on the mass and charge of the nucleus?
Neither changes
Which type of decay causes both mass and charge to decrease?
Which type of decay causes both mass and charge to decrease?
Alpha decay
Which types of decay do not change the mass of the nucleus?
Which types of decay do not change the mass of the nucleus?
Beta and gamma
Which decay type results in an increase in nuclear charge?
Which decay type results in an increase in nuclear charge?
Beta decay