Keisha Angela Canque BSCpE 1

Echem Finals 13. Carbon-14 has a half-life of 5730 yrs. If a sample contained 70mg
Set A originally, how much is left after 17, 190 yrs?
“May the odds be in your favor”
a. 6.8436 x 10-8 mg c. 6.3486 x 10-7 mg
1. Which of the following particles is commonly emitted during
b. 6.4836 x 10-8 mg d. 6.4386 x 10 -8 mg
radioactive decay?
14. In which field does carbon dating play a crucial role in
a) Electrons b) Protons
establishing the chronological sequence of human activities?
c) Neutrons d) Alpha particles
a) Paleontology b) Geology
2. What is the primary factor that determines the half-life of a
c) Archaeology d) Anthropology
radioactive substance?
15. What is the fundamental difference between nuclear fission and
a) Temperature b) Pressure
nuclear fusion?
c) Chemical composition d) Nuclear structure
a) Fission involves the combination of atomic nuclei, while fusion
3. In the process of beta decay, a neutron is transformed into which involves the splitting of atomic nuclei.
particle?
b) Fission releases energy by breaking apart large atomic nuclei,
a) Proton b) Electron while fusion releases energy by combining small atomic nuclei.

c) Alpha particle d) Neutrino
4. What is the relationship between the initial amount of a
radioactive substance and the amount remaining after one half-life?
a) The remaining amount is one-fourth of the initial amount.
b) The remaining amount is half of the initial amount.
c) Fission and fusion are terms used interchangeably to describe the
same nuclear process.
d) Both fission and fusion refer to the process of creating energy
from solar radiation.
16. If we start with 1.000 g of strontium-90, 0.953 g will remain after
2.00 yr. (a) What is the half-life of strontium-90?

c) The remaining amount is double the initial amount. a. 28.8 yrs b. 30 yrs

d) The remaining amount is unchanged. c. 28.8 months d. 28.8 weeks

5. What subatomic particle did James Chadwick discover in 1932, 17. If we start with 1.000 g of strontium-90, 0.953 g will remain after
which played a crucial role in explaining the stability of atomic 2.00 yr. What is the initial activity of the sample in curies?
nuclei?
a. 0.14 x103 Ci b. 5.1 x 1012 Ci
a) Proton b) Electron
c. 1.4 x 1012 Ci d. 5.1 x 103 Ci
c) Neutron d) Alpha particle
18. Potassium ion is present in foods and is an essential nutrient in
6.. The half-life of Plutonium-237 is 24, 300 yrs. If a nuclear bomb the human body. One of the naturally occurring isotopes of
released 9kg of this isotope, How many yrs would pass before the potassium, potassium-40, is radioactive. Potassium-40 has a natural
amount is reduced to 0.35 kg? abundance of 0.0117 % and t1/2 =1.28 x 109 yr. How long does it take
for 1% of 40K the in a sample to undergo radioactive decay?
a. 118, 529 yrs c. 113, 859 yrs
a. 1.68 x 107 yr b. 1.86 x 107 yr
b. 113, 658 yrs d. 113, 958 yrs
c. 16.8 x 108 yr d. 18.6 x 107 yr
7. If another bomb with 3kg isotope was dropped at the same time,
how many yrs would it pass for the over-all isotope mass to reduce 19. . Potassium ion is present in foods and is an essential nutrient in
to 0.25kg? the human body. One of the naturally occurring isotopes of
potassium, potassium-40, is radioactive. Potassium-40 has a natural
a. 153, 745 yrs c. 135, 547 yrs abundance of 0.0117 % and t1/2 =1.28 x 109 yr. How many 40K+ are
present in a 1.00 g KCl?
b. 135, 745 yrs d. 154, 257 yrs
a. 8.45 x1017 c. 18 x 1021
8. The amount time needed for a substance to lose 50% of its
b. 9.45 x 1017 d. 1.8 x 1019
original mass?
20. The energy from solar radiation falling on Earth is 1.07 x 1016
a. Radioactive b. Half-Life
KJ/min. How much loss of mass from the Sun occurs in one day from
b. Decay d. Proton just the energy falling on Earth?

Identify the type of decay a. 186, 200 kg c. 171, 200 kg

9. 84
218Po → 82214Pb + 24He b. 167, 799 kg d. 127, 700 kg

a. Beta Decay c. Gamma Decay

b. Alpha Decay d. Half-Life

10. 92238U*→ 00 + 92238U

a) Beta Decay c) Gamma Decay

b) Alpha Decay d) Half-Life

11. What is the approximate half-life of carbon-14, the isotope used

in carbon dating?

a) 5,730 years b) 5,000 years

c) 5,500 years d) 5,600 years

12. The half-life of Cobalt is 5.26 yrs. If 50 g are left after 15.78 yrs,
how many grams were in the original sample?

a. 473.81 g c. 481.37 g

b. 437.81 g d. 418.73 g