NRPP Radon Exam with correct answers || || || || ||
Inert Gas - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Not chemically reactive/noble gas
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Properties of Radon - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Inert, naturally occurring,
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denser than other gasses, odorless, colorless, tasteless
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Basic parts of an atom - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔protons, neutrons,
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electrons
Atomic Mass - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔sum of protons and neutrons
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Atomic number - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔# of protons
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Different isotopes of the same element are distinguished by - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔atomic mass || ||
elements are defined by - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The number of protons
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(their atomic number)
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any atom with __ protons is called radon - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔86
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most common/stable isotope of radon - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Rn 222
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, half life - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔time required for half of the atoms to
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decay
alphas - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔comparatively large and powerful,
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relatively massive, relatively slow, charge of +2
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Ion - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔atoms that have either lost or gained
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electrons creating a net positive or negative charge
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typically the # of electrons orbitting the nucleus is _____ to the # of protons
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inside the nucleus - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔equal
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one picocurie per liter - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔2.22 nuclear
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disintegrations per minute per liter of air || || || || || ||
one curie - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔37 billion disintegrations per second
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one picocurie - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔one trillionth of a Curie or .037 dps
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one becquerel per cubic meter - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1 disintegration
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per second within that cubic meter of air
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1 pCi/l = (bq/m3) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔37
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Inert Gas - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Not chemically reactive/noble gas
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Properties of Radon - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Inert, naturally occurring,
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denser than other gasses, odorless, colorless, tasteless
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Basic parts of an atom - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔protons, neutrons,
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electrons
Atomic Mass - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔sum of protons and neutrons
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Atomic number - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔# of protons
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Different isotopes of the same element are distinguished by - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔atomic mass || ||
elements are defined by - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The number of protons
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(their atomic number)
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any atom with __ protons is called radon - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔86
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most common/stable isotope of radon - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Rn 222
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, half life - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔time required for half of the atoms to
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decay
alphas - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔comparatively large and powerful,
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relatively massive, relatively slow, charge of +2
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Ion - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔atoms that have either lost or gained
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electrons creating a net positive or negative charge
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typically the # of electrons orbitting the nucleus is _____ to the # of protons
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inside the nucleus - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔equal
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one picocurie per liter - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔2.22 nuclear
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disintegrations per minute per liter of air || || || || || ||
one curie - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔37 billion disintegrations per second
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one picocurie - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔one trillionth of a Curie or .037 dps
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one becquerel per cubic meter - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1 disintegration
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per second within that cubic meter of air
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1 pCi/l = (bq/m3) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔37
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