The splitting of a large nucleus into two smaller nuclei upon absorbing a neutron is __________.
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[Ques. 2] How tightly the nucleons in a nucleus are bound together is indicated by the nucleus's __________.
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[Ques. 3] If a piece of wood is suspected to be several thousand years old, its true age can likely be determined through use of the isotope _________.
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[Ques. 4] Stars are powered by ________.
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[Ques. 5] The Cassini space probes used electricity provided by __________.
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[Ques. 6] A Geiger counter registers a count rate of 8,000 counts per minute from a sample of a radioisotope. The count rate 24 minutes later is 1,000 counts per minute. The half-life of the radioisotope is __________.
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[Ques. 7] The half-life of uranium-232 is 70 years. The time for 3/4 of a sample of uranium-232 to decay is __________.
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[Ques. 8] The time interval during which a nucleus has a 50 probability of decaying is its _________.
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[Ques. 9] When a nucleus in an excited state decays to the ground state, a(n) __________ particle is emitted.
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[Ques. 10] When a neutron decays to a proton, a(n) __________ particle is emitted.
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