CHEMISTRY

1OTH GRADE

RADIOACTIVITY

Instructions: Watch the following video and answer the questions established in
this activity in a clear and orderly manner. Develop the work in your chemistry
notebook.

1. What is the subatomic particle responsible for maintaining the stability of an

atom?
2. Describe the charge, name, and symbol of subatomic particles.
3. What is an isotope?
4. What is radioactivity?
5. What is radioactivity decay?
6. What is alpha radiation?
7. What is gamma radiation?
8. What is beta radiation?
9. What is the half-life of the radioactive substance?
10. Who was Marie Curie?
11. What is nuclear energy?
12. Where can we found radioactivity in our daily activities?
13. What is ionizing radiation? In addition, how can it affect human health?
14. What happened in Chernobyl?
15. How radiotherapy can help to treated cancer?