NRPP Radon Exam Questions With Complete Solutions

NRPP Radon Exam Questions With
Complete Solutions


Inert Gas - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Not chemically reactive/noble gas
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Properties of Radon - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Inert, naturally occurring,
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denser than other gasses, odorless, colorless, tasteless
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Basic parts of an atom - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-protons, neutrons,
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electrons


Atomic Mass - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-sum of protons and neutrons
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Atomic number - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-# of protons
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Different isotopes of the same element are distinguished by - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-atomic mass |




elements are defined by - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The number of
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protons (their atomic number)
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, any atom with __ protons is called radon - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-86
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most common/stable isotope of radon - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Rn 222
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half life - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-time required for half of the atoms to
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decay


alphas - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-comparatively large and powerful,
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relatively massive, relatively slow, charge of +2
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Ion - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-atoms that have either lost or gained
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electrons creating a net positive or negative charge
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typically the # of electrons orbitting the nucleus is _____ to the # of
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protons inside the nucleus - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-equal
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one picocurie per liter - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-2.22 nuclear
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disintegrations per minute per liter of air | | | | | |




one curie - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-37 billion disintegrations per second
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one picocurie - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-one trillionth of a Curie or .037
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dps