| gamma | | like charges _____ each other |
| proton | | decay that releases only energy; no particles |
| nucleus | | neutral particle |
| becquerel | | space surrounding the nucleus |
| atom | | used to control the rate of reaction in a nuclear power reactor |
| rutherford | | positive charged particle |
| isotope | | discovered radioactivity |
| electron | | an electron form a nuclear decay is a ____ particle. |
| fission | | discovered electrons |
| mass number | | opposite charges ____ each other |
| controlrods | | alpha radiation is easily stopped by this material |
| attract | | protons and neutrons combined |
| fusion | | discovered the nucleus |
| halflife | | splitting a Uranium nucleus to release energy |
| paper | | time required for 1/2 of a radioactive sample to decay |
| neutron | | ___ and ___ were the first two atomic bombs |
| fatmanlittleboy | | smallest particle of matter that retains properties |
| decayseries | | An atom with mass number 75 and 44 protons would have how many neutrons [spell out number] |
| beta | | A particle of 2 protons and 2 neutrons |
| alpha | | all the radiaoctive decays an element goes through to become stable |
| atomicnumber | | joining 2 hydrogen nuclei to form a helium nucleus |
| electroncloud | | negative particle |
| thirtyone | | number of protons in an atom |
| repel | | atoms of the same element with different mass numbers |
| thomson | | small, dense and solid |