RADIOLOGIC SCIENCE FOR TECHNOLOGISTS CHAPTER 1|
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS VERIFIED| NEWEST UPDATE 2026
Matter -CORRECT ANSWER anything that occupies space and has mass
Mass -CORRECT ANSWER primary characteristic of matter
Mass is measured in -CORRECT ANSWER kg
Fundamental complex building blocks of matter -CORRECT ANSWER atoms
and molecules
kilo -CORRECT ANSWER stands for 1000
(SI) -CORRECT ANSWER International system
Potential Energy -CORRECT ANSWER the ability to do work by virtue of
position
Kinetic Energy -CORRECT ANSWER the energy of motion
Chemical Energy -CORRECT ANSWER is the energy release by a chemical
reaction
Electrical Energy -CORRECT ANSWER work that can be done when an
electron moves through electric potential difference (voltage)
, Thermal Energy -CORRECT ANSWER is the energy of motion at the
molecular level
Nuclear energy -CORRECT ANSWER is the energy that is contained within
the nucleus of an atom
Electromagnetic Energy -CORRECT ANSWER x-rays, gamma radiation,
ultraviolet light, infrared, visible light
Radiation -CORRECT ANSWER energy emitted and transferred through
space
Irradiated -CORRECT ANSWER matter that intercepts radiation and absorbs
all or part of it
Ionizing radiation -CORRECT ANSWER type of radiation that that is capable
of removing or orbital electron from the atom which it interacts
Ionization -CORRECT ANSWER interaction between radiation and matter
where orbital electron is removed
Ion pair -CORRECT ANSWER orbital electron and the atom from which it
was seperated
NER -CORRECT ANSWER Natural Environment Radiation
Natural Environment Radiation -CORRECT ANSWER 1 Cosmic rays
2 terrestrial radiation
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS VERIFIED| NEWEST UPDATE 2026
Matter -CORRECT ANSWER anything that occupies space and has mass
Mass -CORRECT ANSWER primary characteristic of matter
Mass is measured in -CORRECT ANSWER kg
Fundamental complex building blocks of matter -CORRECT ANSWER atoms
and molecules
kilo -CORRECT ANSWER stands for 1000
(SI) -CORRECT ANSWER International system
Potential Energy -CORRECT ANSWER the ability to do work by virtue of
position
Kinetic Energy -CORRECT ANSWER the energy of motion
Chemical Energy -CORRECT ANSWER is the energy release by a chemical
reaction
Electrical Energy -CORRECT ANSWER work that can be done when an
electron moves through electric potential difference (voltage)
, Thermal Energy -CORRECT ANSWER is the energy of motion at the
molecular level
Nuclear energy -CORRECT ANSWER is the energy that is contained within
the nucleus of an atom
Electromagnetic Energy -CORRECT ANSWER x-rays, gamma radiation,
ultraviolet light, infrared, visible light
Radiation -CORRECT ANSWER energy emitted and transferred through
space
Irradiated -CORRECT ANSWER matter that intercepts radiation and absorbs
all or part of it
Ionizing radiation -CORRECT ANSWER type of radiation that that is capable
of removing or orbital electron from the atom which it interacts
Ionization -CORRECT ANSWER interaction between radiation and matter
where orbital electron is removed
Ion pair -CORRECT ANSWER orbital electron and the atom from which it
was seperated
NER -CORRECT ANSWER Natural Environment Radiation
Natural Environment Radiation -CORRECT ANSWER 1 Cosmic rays
2 terrestrial radiation
