NAME :_________________________________________ DATE:______________.

PHYSICS FORM 5:
By: Mr. Peeter
CHAPTER 5: RADIOACTIVITY

REVISION PRACTICE:
1. Initially a radioactive substance decays 2000 particles per second. It decays 250 particles per
second after 30 seconds. What is the half-life of the radioactive substance?

2. A sample of radioactive has half-life of 100minutes. What is the time taken for 75% of the
atoms to decay?

3. Pa takes 20.8 hours to shrink from 80 g to 5 g.

a) what is the half –life of Pa

4. State the changes of the atomic number for the nucleus of radioactive substance that was
released.
i) One alpha particle
ii) One beta particle
iii) A gamma ray
 5. Changes in the proton number and nucleon number in Radioactive Decay
a) Complete the equation to show the emission of alpha particle
i)
210 204 4
Po→ Pb + 2
He
84 82

ii)
238 234 4
U→ --- Th + 2
He
90
92

iii)
226 222 4
Pb → Rn + 2
He
80
82

2. Complete the equation to show the emission of beta particle

i)
90 90 0
Sr → Y + -1
e
39
38

ii)
239 239 0
Pa→ U + -1
e
92
91

iii) 0
14 14
C→ N + -1 e
7
6