Isotopes 2

Question 1

Charge of an electron

Answer 1

negative

Question 2

charge of a proton

Answer 2

positive

Question 3

a type of radioactive decay in which an atomic nucleus emits an alpha particle and thereby transforms or ‘decays’ into an atom with a mass number that is reduced by four and an atomic number that is reduced by two

Answer 3

alpha

Question 4

creates an electron, radiation composed at a high speed

Answer 4

beta

Question 5

Type of energy that is most penetrating

Answer 5

gamma