SCMH 1010 EXAM 3 | UPDATED Questions with 100% Verified Answers

SCMH 1010 EXAM 3 | UPDATED Questions with 100% Verified
Answers

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Alpha Decay

Answer:
A new element is formed with an atomic number TWO less than the original


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Beta Decay

Answer:
A neutron in the nucleus turns into a proton by releasing an electron and a neutron
A new element is formed with an atomic number ONE greater than the original


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Gamma Radiation

Answer:
Occurs earn a proton or neutron in an excited state falls back down to it's ground state
Does not produce a new element
Produces high-energy radiation


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Strong Force

Answer:
Acts in the nucleus to over come the coulomb repulsion


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Nuclear Fission

Answer:
Occurs when an atom is split in two


Question:
Nuclear Fusion

, Answer:
Occurs when two atoms are combined into one


Question:
E = mc2

Answer:
Shows that mass can be converted into energy and vice versa


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Half Life

Answer:
Amount of time on average it takes for half of a sample of some radioactive element to
decay into other elements


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Nebular Hypothesis

Answer:
- Began as a large cloud
- Collapsed under the influence of gravity
- Conservation of angular momentum
- Rocky planets form in warmer interior
- Gaseous planets form in volder exterior


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Inner Planets

Answer:
Smaller and Rocky


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Astroid Belt

Answer:
Where excess rocky material of collision lie between Mars and Jupiter


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