Particle and Radiation Active Recall:
QUESTIONS
3.2.1 Particles:
1. What is an atom made up of?
2. What is the charge of a proton?
3. What is the mass of a proton?
4. What is the charge of a neutron?
5. What is the mass of a neutron?
6. What is the charge of an electron?
7. What is the mass of an electron?
8. What charge does a stable atom
have?
9. Define specific charge, how it can
be calculated and therefore its
units
10.How do you calculate the specific
charge of a nucleus?
11.How do you calculate the specific
charge of an ion?
12.What does the A mean in the AXZ
notation?
13.What does the X mean in the AXZ
notation?
14.What does the Z mean in the AXZ
notation?
15.How can you find the proton
number?
16.How can you find the neutron
number?
17.How can you find the electron
number?
18.Define an isotope
19.Why are isotopes unstable?
20.What are the impacts of these
isotopes being unstable?
21.What is isotopic data?
22.What is isotopic data used for?
23.How does carbon dating work
using isotopic data?
24.What is the strong force?
25.Where does the strong force act?
26.What does the strong force act
upon?
27.Why do we need the strong force?
28.What is the repulsive range of
nuclear separation of the strong
force?
29.What is the attractive range of
nuclear separation of the strong
force?
, 30.When does the strong force reach
a maximum attractive value?
31.What value does it have after 3fm
of separation between nucleons?
32.What is the exchange particle for
the strong force?
33.Why does alpha decay take place?
34.What products are made after an
alpha decay?
35.What does an alpha particle
consist of?
36.What happens to a nucleus when
alpha is emitted?
37.Why does beta minus decay take
place?
38.What changes are made within an
atom for beta minus decay to
happen?
39.What products are made when a
beta minus decay takes place?
40.What is a beta minus decay made
out of?
41.What happens to nucleon number
when beta minus is emitted?
Why?
42.Why does beta plus decay take
place?
43.What changes are made within an
atom for beta plus decay to
happen?
44.What products are made when a
beta plus decay takes place?
45.What is a beta plus decay made
out of?
46.What happens to nucleon number
when beta plus is emitted? Why?
47.What is an electron neutrino?
48.Where does an electron neutrino
get emitted from?
49.Why was the electron neutrino
hypothesised?
50.What do we have corresponding
anti matter for?
51.What is the mass, rest mass-
energy and charge of an
antimatter particle?
52.What is the anti particle for a
proton?
53.What is the anti particle for a
neutron?
54.What is the anti particle for an
electron?
55.What is the anti particle for a
QUESTIONS
3.2.1 Particles:
1. What is an atom made up of?
2. What is the charge of a proton?
3. What is the mass of a proton?
4. What is the charge of a neutron?
5. What is the mass of a neutron?
6. What is the charge of an electron?
7. What is the mass of an electron?
8. What charge does a stable atom
have?
9. Define specific charge, how it can
be calculated and therefore its
units
10.How do you calculate the specific
charge of a nucleus?
11.How do you calculate the specific
charge of an ion?
12.What does the A mean in the AXZ
notation?
13.What does the X mean in the AXZ
notation?
14.What does the Z mean in the AXZ
notation?
15.How can you find the proton
number?
16.How can you find the neutron
number?
17.How can you find the electron
number?
18.Define an isotope
19.Why are isotopes unstable?
20.What are the impacts of these
isotopes being unstable?
21.What is isotopic data?
22.What is isotopic data used for?
23.How does carbon dating work
using isotopic data?
24.What is the strong force?
25.Where does the strong force act?
26.What does the strong force act
upon?
27.Why do we need the strong force?
28.What is the repulsive range of
nuclear separation of the strong
force?
29.What is the attractive range of
nuclear separation of the strong
force?
, 30.When does the strong force reach
a maximum attractive value?
31.What value does it have after 3fm
of separation between nucleons?
32.What is the exchange particle for
the strong force?
33.Why does alpha decay take place?
34.What products are made after an
alpha decay?
35.What does an alpha particle
consist of?
36.What happens to a nucleus when
alpha is emitted?
37.Why does beta minus decay take
place?
38.What changes are made within an
atom for beta minus decay to
happen?
39.What products are made when a
beta minus decay takes place?
40.What is a beta minus decay made
out of?
41.What happens to nucleon number
when beta minus is emitted?
Why?
42.Why does beta plus decay take
place?
43.What changes are made within an
atom for beta plus decay to
happen?
44.What products are made when a
beta plus decay takes place?
45.What is a beta plus decay made
out of?
46.What happens to nucleon number
when beta plus is emitted? Why?
47.What is an electron neutrino?
48.Where does an electron neutrino
get emitted from?
49.Why was the electron neutrino
hypothesised?
50.What do we have corresponding
anti matter for?
51.What is the mass, rest mass-
energy and charge of an
antimatter particle?
52.What is the anti particle for a
proton?
53.What is the anti particle for a
neutron?
54.What is the anti particle for an
electron?
55.What is the anti particle for a
