Given what you have learned about this unit, what types of radiation (alpha, gamma, or beta) are used in radioactive treatments? Explain your reasoning and include why you ruled out the other types of radiation.

3Using the diagrams below, label the nuclear process as alpha, beta, or gamma radiation. Explain how you identified the type of radiation based on the diagram.

The bacteria in some foods are sterilized by placing the food near a source of ionizing radiation. Does this mean that the food becomes radioactive? Explain.

What is an alpha particle and how is it represented? Answer these same questions forbeta particles and gamma rays?

Radioactive nuclides can decay through the release of several differ- ent types of radiation. ● D List the three basic types of radiation in order from most penetrating to least penetrating. Describe what happens to the mass number and the atomic number of a nuclide during alpha decay. Answer in complete sentences.

08 Cf undergoes alpha decay. What is the product of this decay?

Explain "background radiation"