The radiation given off by a radioactive source can be measured with__ a spectrophotometer another radioactive source A Geiger counter The weak radiation should be recorded in units of ___ electron volts half-lives counts per minute because the lab sources are extremely low on the ___ scale Curie inch electron volt    Radiation is a random event so it is best to make each measurement with a different instrument multiple times from different locations

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The radiation given off by a radioactive source can be measured with__

  • a spectrophotometer
  • another radioactive source
  • A Geiger counter

The weak radiation should be recorded in units of ___

  • electron volts
  • half-lives
  • counts per minute

because the lab sources are extremely low on the ___ scale

  • Curie
  • inch
  • electron volt
 
 Radiation is a random event so it is best to make each measurement
  • with a different instrument
  • multiple times
  • from different locations
 
 

 

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