10th Class Physics Chapter 18 MCQs with Answers

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Grade 10 Physics Chapter 18 Online Quiz

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Test Name: 10th Class Chapter 18 Quiz Practice
Type: Quiz Test
Total Questions: 40
Total Marks: 40
Time: 40 minutes

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10th Class Physics Ch 18: Atomic and Nuclear Physics

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1 / 40

The type of radioactive decay in which an unstable nucleus emits a positron is called ____________.

Alpha decay

Beta decay

Positron emission

2 / 40

The type of radiation that is least damaging to living tissue is ____________.

Gamma radiation

Alpha radiation

Beta radiation

3 / 40

The type of radiation that can be stopped by a sheet of paper or a few centimeters of air is ____________.

Gamma radiation

Alpha radiation

Beta radiation

4 / 40

The type of radiation that consists of high-energy particles, such as protons or neutrons, emitted from the nucleus of an atom is called ____________.

Gamma radiation

Alpha radiation

Particle radiation

5 / 40

The number of protons in an atom is called its ____________.

Mass number

Isotopic number

Atomic number

6 / 40

The process of splitting a heavy nucleus into smaller nuclei is called ____________.

Radioactive decay

Nuclear fission

Nuclear fusion

7 / 40

The type of radiation that is most damaging to living tissue is ____________.

Beta radiation

Gamma radiation

Alpha radiation

8 / 40

The number of neutrons in an atom is determined by subtracting the ____________ from the mass number.

Atomic mass

Radioactive decay

Atomic number

9 / 40

The type of radiation that consists of high-energy particles, such as protons or neutrons, emitted from the nucleus of an atom is called ____________.

Alpha radiation

Gamma radiation

Particle radiation

10 / 40

The SI unit of radiation dose equivalent is the ____________.

Sievert

Gray

Curie

11 / 40

The type of radiation that is least damaging to living tissue is ____________.

Beta radiation

Alpha radiation

Gamma radiation

12 / 40

The process of combining two light nuclei to form a heavier nucleus is the primary source of energy in ____________.

Stars

Geothermal power

Wind turbines

13 / 40

The time required for half of the radioactive nuclei in a sample to decay is called the ____________.

Half-life

Activity

Decay constant

14 / 40

The type of radiation that consists of high-energy particles, such as protons or neutrons, emitted from the nucleus of an atom is called ____________.

Gamma radiation

Particle radiation

Alpha radiation

15 / 40

The type of radiation that consists of helium nuclei emitted from the nucleus of an atom is called ____________.

Beta radiation

Alpha radiation

Gamma radiation

16 / 40

The phenomenon in which unstable nuclei undergo spontaneous decay to become more stable is called ____________.

Radioactive decay

Nuclear fusion

Nuclear fission

17 / 40

The total number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom is called its ____________.

Isotopic number

Atomic number

Mass number

18 / 40

The type of radiation that is least damaging to living tissue is ____________.

Gamma radiation

Beta radiation

Alpha radiation

19 / 40

The type of radiation that consists of fast-moving electrons emitted from the nucleus of an atom is called ____________.

Gamma radiation

Alpha radiation

Beta radiation

20 / 40

The process of converting mass into energy in the sun and other stars is called ____________.

Nuclear fusion

Radioactive decay

Nuclear fission

21 / 40

The type of radiation that consists of high-energy particles, such as protons or neutrons, emitted from the nucleus of an atom is called ____________.

Alpha radiation

Gamma radiation

Particle radiation

22 / 40

The process of determining the age of an object by measuring the amount of a radioactive isotope it contains is called ____________.

Isotopic analysis

Carbon dating

Radiometric dating

23 / 40

The process of converting mass into energy in the sun and other stars is called ____________.

Nuclear fission

Radioactive decay

Nuclear fusion

24 / 40

The type of radiation that can be stopped by a few millimeters of aluminum or plastic is ____________.

Gamma radiation

Beta radiation

Alpha radiation

25 / 40

The type of radiation that is least damaging to living tissue is ____________.

Gamma radiation

Beta radiation

Alpha radiation

26 / 40

The type of radioactive decay in which an unstable nucleus emits a beta particle is called ____________.

Alpha decay

Gamma decay

Beta decay

27 / 40

The process of converting mass into energy in the sun and other stars is called ____________.

Radioactive decay

Nuclear fusion

Nuclear fission

28 / 40

The process of combining two light nuclei to form a heavier nucleus is called ____________.

Radioactive decay

Nuclear fission

Nuclear fusion

29 / 40

The energy released when nuclei combine to form a heavier nucleus is called ____________.

Radioactive decay

Nuclear fusion

Nuclear fission

30 / 40

The process of converting mass into energy in the sun and other stars is called ____________.

Nuclear fission

Nuclear fusion

Radioactive decay

31 / 40

The nucleus of an atom is composed of ____________.

Neutrons and electrons

Protons and neutrons

Electrons and protons

32 / 40

The process of emitting particles or radiation from the nucleus of an unstable atom is called ____________.

Radioactive decay

Nuclear fission

Nuclear fusion

33 / 40

The process of combining two light nuclei to form a heavier nucleus releases a large amount of ____________.

Energy

Neutrons

Protons

34 / 40

The type of radioactive decay in which an unstable nucleus emits an alpha particle is called ____________.

Gamma decay

Beta decay

Alpha decay

35 / 40

The type of radiation that can penetrate several centimeters of lead is ____________.

Alpha radiation

Gamma radiation

Beta radiation

36 / 40

The type of radiation that consists of high-energy photons emitted from the nucleus of an atom is called ____________.

Alpha radiation

Beta radiation

Gamma radiation

37 / 40

The type of radiation that can be stopped by several centimeters of lead or concrete is ____________.

Beta radiation

Alpha radiation

Gamma radiation

38 / 40

The half-life of a radioactive isotope is the time it takes for ____________.

Half of the nuclei in a sample to decay

All the nuclei in a sample to decay

One nucleus to decay

39 / 40

The process of determining the identity and relative abundance of isotopes in a sample is called ____________.

Mass spectrometry

Nuclear fission

Radiometric dating

40 / 40

The SI unit of radioactivity is ____________.

Gray

Becquerel

Curie

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