1) What does ionising mean?
2)
a) Out of alpha, beta and gamma radiation, which is the most ionising and which is the least ionising?
b) Out of alpha, beta and gamma radiation, which travels the furthest distance in air and which travels the shortest distance in air?
3)
a) What is an alpha particle made from?
b) Write the symbol with the numbers for alpha radiation/ an alpha particle.
c) What is the charge for an alpha particle?
d) Why is alpha radiation the most ionising?
e) What is the range of an alpha particle in air?
f) What stops alpha radiation?
4)
a) Describe what happens in beta [minus] radiation.
b) Write the symbol with the numbers for beta [minus] radiation/ a beta [minus] particle.
c) What is the range of a beta [minus] particle in air?
d) What is beta [minus] radiation stopped by?
5)
a) Describe what happens in beta plus radiation.
b) Write the symbol with the numbers for beta plus radiation/ a positron.
c) Is the range of beta plus radiation further or shorter than the range of beta minus radiation?
d) What happens when a positron (beta plus particle) collides with an electron? Describe the process and give the name of the process.
6)
a) Does gamma radiation have any mass? Explain your answer.
b)
i) Gamma radiation/ gamma waves are part of what spectrum?
ii) Do gamma waves have long or short wavelengths?
iii) Do gamma waves have a low or high frequency?
c) Write the symbol with the numbers for gamma radiation.
d) Is the range of gamma radiation/ gamma waves in air very short or very long?
e) What is gamma radiation/ waves stopped by?
2)
a) Out of alpha, beta and gamma radiation, which is the most ionising and which is the least ionising?
b) Out of alpha, beta and gamma radiation, which travels the furthest distance in air and which travels the shortest distance in air?
3)
a) What is an alpha particle made from?
b) Write the symbol with the numbers for alpha radiation/ an alpha particle.
c) What is the charge for an alpha particle?
d) Why is alpha radiation the most ionising?
e) What is the range of an alpha particle in air?
f) What stops alpha radiation?
4)
a) Describe what happens in beta [minus] radiation.
b) Write the symbol with the numbers for beta [minus] radiation/ a beta [minus] particle.
c) What is the range of a beta [minus] particle in air?
d) What is beta [minus] radiation stopped by?
5)
a) Describe what happens in beta plus radiation.
b) Write the symbol with the numbers for beta plus radiation/ a positron.
c) Is the range of beta plus radiation further or shorter than the range of beta minus radiation?
d) What happens when a positron (beta plus particle) collides with an electron? Describe the process and give the name of the process.
6)
a) Does gamma radiation have any mass? Explain your answer.
b)
i) Gamma radiation/ gamma waves are part of what spectrum?
ii) Do gamma waves have long or short wavelengths?
iii) Do gamma waves have a low or high frequency?
c) Write the symbol with the numbers for gamma radiation.
d) Is the range of gamma radiation/ gamma waves in air very short or very long?
e) What is gamma radiation/ waves stopped by?