AQA GCSE Uses of nuclear radiation
Practice Questions
1.State two uses of nuclear radiation in medicine
1. Exploration of Internal organs
2.Control or destruction of unwanted tissue
2. Define the term tracer
A tracer is a substance that is used to trace the flow of a substance around the body, or through an organ.
3. What is radiotherapy?
Radiotherapy uses radiation to kill cancerous cells and therefore remove the tumour.
Absorption and Emission of EM Radiation
JJ Thomson and Plum pudding model
Ernest Rutherford and the Nuclear Model
Niels Bohr changing the Nuclear Model
Discovering the Proton and Neutron
Measuring radiation from radioactivity
Radiation types and properties
Random nature of radioactive decay
Radioactive contamination or irradiation
Hazards of contamination and irradiation
Studies on the effects of radiation on humans
Different half lives of radioactive isotopes
Nuclear Fission Chain Reaction
Writing nuclear fission equations