Nuclear Energy Crossword Puzzle
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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
