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Half-Life Quiz

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Question 1
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What is a half-life?

Question 2
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The half-life of Zn-71 is 2.4 minutes. If one had 100.0 g at the beginning, how many grams would be left after 7.2 minutes has elapsed?

Question 3
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The half-life of Zn-71 is 2.4 minutes. If one had 100.0 g at the beginning, how much sample would be left after 3 half-lives?

Question 4
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Barium-122 has a half-life of 2 minutes. A fresh sample weighing 80 g was obtained. If it takes 10 minutes to set up an experiment using barium-122, how much barium-122 will be left when the experiment begins?

Question 5
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The half-life of strontium-90 is 25 years. How much strontium-90 will remain after 100 years if the initial amount is 4.0 g?

Question 6
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If the half-life of uranium-232 is 70 years, how many half-lives will it take for 10 g of it to be reduced to 1.25 g?

Question 7
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What is the half-life of Iodine-131?

Question 8
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If one-fourth of a sample of carbon-14 is remaining then how many half-lives have passed?

Question 9
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Why do some elements have half-lives?

Question 10
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If one has 12 kg of Polonium after two half-lives have passed, how much Polonium did you start with?