Nuclear Energy Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• cloud chamber: used to detect nuclear particles as a visible path of droplets
• bubble chamber: uses tracks of bubbles to detect radiation
• alpha particle: comprised of two protons and two neutrons
• geiger counter: device that produces an electric current when radiation is present
• gamma rays: electromagnetic waves with high-frequency energy
• tracer: a radioisotope used to find or track molecules in an organism
• critical mass: amount of fissionable material required for a fission reaction to produce one or more fission reactions
• fission: process of splitting a nucleus into two nuclei with smaller masses
• beta particle: high-speed electron emitted from a nucleus
• half-life: amount of time it takes for half the nuclei in a radioactive sample to decay
• strong force: causes protons and neutrons to be attracted to each other
• radioactivity: the release of matter and energy from nuclear decay
• fusion: combines two smaller nuclei to make a larger nucleus
• transmutations: process of changing one element to another through nuclear decay
• chain reaction: an ongoing series of fission reactions