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Radiography Chapter 2 | Comprehensive Practice
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• Cellular Damage -✓✓Injury on the cellular level caused by sufficient exposure to
ionizing radiation at the molecular level
• Electromagnetic Radiation -✓✓Radiation composed of interacting, varying electric and
magnetic fields that propagate through space at the speed of light.
• Electromagnetic Spectrum -✓✓The full range of frequencies and wavelengths of
electromagnetic waves.
• Isotopes -✓✓Atoms of the same element that have different numbers of neutrons
• Manmade or artificial radiation -✓✓Ionizing radiation created by humans for various
uses
• Natural Background Radiation -✓✓Ionizing radiation from planetary and extraplanetary
sources.
• Organic damage -✓✓An example is changes in blood count.
• Particulate Radiation -✓✓Is a form of radiation that includes alpha particles, beta
particles, neutrons, and protons that are ejected from atoms at very high speeds.
• Radioactive Decay -✓✓a naturally occurring process in which unstable nuclei relieve
that instability by various types of nuclear spontaneous emissions.
• Radioisotope -✓✓Isotopes of a particular element that are unstable because of their
neutron-proton configuration.
• Radionuclides -✓✓An unstable nucleus that emits one or more forms of ionizing
radiation to achieve greater stability.
• Radon -✓✓The first decay product of radium.
• Protons are neutral? T/F -✓✓FALSE
• Beta particles are identical to high-speed electrons except their origin is different. T/F -
✓✓TRUE
Radiography Chapter 2 | Comprehensive Practice
Set with Questions and Verified Answers | 100%
Correct | A+ Verified
• Cellular Damage -✓✓Injury on the cellular level caused by sufficient exposure to
ionizing radiation at the molecular level
• Electromagnetic Radiation -✓✓Radiation composed of interacting, varying electric and
magnetic fields that propagate through space at the speed of light.
• Electromagnetic Spectrum -✓✓The full range of frequencies and wavelengths of
electromagnetic waves.
• Isotopes -✓✓Atoms of the same element that have different numbers of neutrons
• Manmade or artificial radiation -✓✓Ionizing radiation created by humans for various
uses
• Natural Background Radiation -✓✓Ionizing radiation from planetary and extraplanetary
sources.
• Organic damage -✓✓An example is changes in blood count.
• Particulate Radiation -✓✓Is a form of radiation that includes alpha particles, beta
particles, neutrons, and protons that are ejected from atoms at very high speeds.
• Radioactive Decay -✓✓a naturally occurring process in which unstable nuclei relieve
that instability by various types of nuclear spontaneous emissions.
• Radioisotope -✓✓Isotopes of a particular element that are unstable because of their
neutron-proton configuration.
• Radionuclides -✓✓An unstable nucleus that emits one or more forms of ionizing
radiation to achieve greater stability.
• Radon -✓✓The first decay product of radium.
• Protons are neutral? T/F -✓✓FALSE
• Beta particles are identical to high-speed electrons except their origin is different. T/F -
✓✓TRUE
