Mr. Dan Kleinschrodt



Chemistry - Radioactivity Webquest Name:Period:Go to: Click on the link under “Websites on Radioactivity”Click on “How Nuclear radiation works”Explore the vocabulary links on this page to find the answers to the following questions.Who discovered the X-ray? How does the X-ray work? How does a nuclear bomb work?What is nuclear fission?Carbon-14 dating can be used to determine the age of objects up to ____________ years old.Go back to “website on radioactivity”Go to “Irradiated mail”When did mail irradiation start?Why irradiate mail?Go back to “websites on radioactivity”Go to “Radon and the risks”, health risksWhat kinds of dangers are associated with radon?Go back to: Go to “nuclear medicine”“Treatment in nuclear medicine”What type of substance is used in nuclear imaging?How are tracers used in nuclear imaging?Go back to: Go to “radiation Therapy”Under howstuffworksClick on Radiation therapyWhat makes cancer cells different from other body cells?How does radiation affect cancer cells?What are the two types of radiation therapy?How do they work?Name 3 substances commonly used for radiation therapy.Go back to howstuffworksClick on “radiation sickness”What kind of symptoms can radiation sickness cause?Which kind of radiation causes radiation sickness?If you were exposed to 150,000 rads of radiation would you be sick?How might you treat someone who has been exposed to radiation? ................
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