Alpha Beta Gamma

Question 1

Gamma particles have a charge of __

Answer 1

0

Question 2

Gamma Particles are ________

Answer 2

EM waves with a short wavelegnth

Question 3

Beta particles have a charge of __

Answer 3

-1

Question 4

Gamma particles can travel ___ through air.

Answer 4

a long distance

Question 5

Alpha particles are ____ ionizing

Answer 5

strongly

Question 6

Beta Particles are ______

Answer 6

High-speed electrons

Question 7

Alpha Particles are _____

Answer 7

Helium Nuclei

Question 8

Beta particles can travel ___ through air.

Answer 8

a few metres

Question 9

Alpha particles have a charge of ___

Answer 9

+2 (2 protons and 2 neutrons)

Question 10

Alpha particles can travel ____ through air.

Answer 10

a few cm

Question 11

Beta particles penetrating power.

Answer 11

penetrate moderately far into materials. Absorbed by a sheet of aluminium (around 5mm)

Question 12

Beta particles are ____ ionizing

Answer 12

Moderately

Question 13

Gamma particles are ____ ionizing.

Answer 13

weakly (tend to pass through rather than collide with atoms)

Question 14

Alpha particle penetrating power.

Answer 14

stopped easily and dont penetrate far through materials. Absorbed by a sheet of paper.

Question 15

Gamma particles penetrating power.

Answer 15

Penetrate far into materials. Absorbed by thick sheets of led and metres of concrete.