Assignment:
Question 1. How many radioactive decay series exist in nature?
a. 3
b. 1
c. 0
d. 2
e. 10
Question 2. Of the following, which is not a magic number of protons?
a. 82
b. 20
c. 50
d. 126
e. 8
Question 3. In the nuclear transmutation, (attached formula) , what is the bombarding particle?
a. A gamma photon
b. An alpha particle
c. A beta particle
d. A proton
e. A phosphorus nucleus
Question 4. Bombardment of uranium-235 with a neutron generates tellurium-135, 3 neutrons, and ________.
a. krypton-103
b. zirconium-98
c. krypton-101
d. zirconium-99
e. strontium-99
Question 5. In the nuclear transmutation represented by (attached document), what is the product?
a. Curium-245
b. Curium-242
c. Uranium-243
d. Uranium-242
e. Uranium-245
Question 6. In the nuclear transmutation represented by (attached), what is the product?
a. Carbon-16
b. Carbon-12
c. Nitrogen-16
d. Nitrogen-15
e. Carbon-14