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Madison Zebrowski's Chapter 16 Flascards

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The process by which an unstable nucleus gives off nuclear radiation   Radioactivity  
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The sum of the numbers of protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom   Mass Number  
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ASnother name for radioactivity   Radioactive Decay  
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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  
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The time needed for half of a sample of a radioactive substance to undergo radioactive decay   Half-life  
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The splitting of the nucleus of a large atom into two or more fragments   Nuclear Fission  
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A continuous series of nuclear fission reactions   Nuclear Chain Reaction  
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The combination of the nuclei of small atoms to form a larger nucleus   Nuclear Fusion  
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