Madison's Chapter 16 Word Scramble
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The process by which an unstable nucleus gives off nuclear radiation | Radioactivity |
The sum of the numbers of protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom | Mass Number |
ASnother name for radioactivity | Radioactive Decay |
An atom that has the same number of protons as other atoms of the same element do but that has a different number of neutrons | Isotope |
The time needed for half of a sample of a radioactive substance to undergo radioactive decay | Half-life |
The splitting of the nucleus of a large atom into two or more fragments | Nuclear Fission |
A continuous series of nuclear fission reactions | Nuclear Chain Reaction |
The combination of the nuclei of small atoms to form a larger nucleus | Nuclear Fusion |
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