Nuclear pt 2

Question 1

Half life

Answer 1

-The rate a radioisotope undergoes nuclear decay (the time take for half of the radio active atoms to decay)

Question 2

Effects of radiation (Burns)

Answer 2

-Radiation burns
-beta and gamma particles have the ability to penetrate our bodies, damage cells and cause diseases such as cancer

Question 3

Effects of radiation (medical applications)

Answer 3

-If someone has cancer, doctors can fire radiation at the cancerous cells to destroy them
-This process also damages healthy cells which has side effects such as hair loss and sausea