Radiation

Posted by Jieyin Feng on May 31, 2025

Watch the video and answer the following questions.

  1. What are the two types of radiation? ________ and _________.

  2. Electromagnetic radiation is pure energy, consisting of ___ electrical and magnetic waves oscillating through space. As these waves ___ faster, they scale up in energy. At the lower end of the ___, there’s radio, infrared, and visible light. At the higher end are ultraviolet, X-ray, and gamma rays.

  3. Nuclear radiation, on the other hand, originates in the atomic nucleus, where protons repel each other due to their ___ positive charges. A ___ known as the strong nuclear force struggles to overcome this repulsion and keep the nucleus ___ . However, some combinations of protons and neutrons, known as isotopes, remain ___ , or radioactive. They will ___ eject matter and/or energy, known as nuclear radiation, to achieve greater ___ .

  4. Is all radiation hazardous? ___

  5. Are all nuclear radiation ionizing? ___

  6. Are all electromagnetic radiation ionizing? ___

  7. What is ionizing radiation?.

  8. Give two examples: how do we escape the risk of hazardous radiation?

  9. Give two examples: the application of radiation in our daily life.

  10. Acute exposure.
    What is acute exposure?
    What are the consequences of the acute exposure?

  11. One way scientists compare ionizing radiation exposure is a unit called the __. An acute exposure to one sievert will probably cause __ within hours, and four sieverts could be ___.

ANSWER SHEET

  1. Electromagnetic radiation, nuclear radiation\
  2. Interacting, oscillate, spectrum\
  3. mutually, phenomenon, intact, unstable, randomly, stability. \
  4. no\
  5. yes\
  6. no\
  7. Radiation becomes risky when it rips atoms’ electrons away upon impact, a process that can damage DNA. This is known as ionizing radiation because an atom that has lost or gained electrons is called an ion.\

  8. 9.\
  9. Acute exposures overwhelm the body’s natural ability to repair the damage. This can trigger cancers, cellular dysfunction, and potentially even death.\
  10. Sievert, nausea, fatal.

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