Radioactive Decay

Radioactive Decay

Grade 11 · Science · 45 min

What's Included

Learning Objective

I can calculate the half-life of a radioactive substance using its decay rate.

Warm-Up Video

Unknown Channel · 5:00

GCSE Physics - Radioactive Decay and Half Life #35

Practice Questions

9 questions · Short answer

Exit Ticket

Quick comprehension check

A radioactive isotope has a half-life of 6 hours. If you start with 5 million radioactive nuclei, how many nuclei will remain after 18 hours? Show your calculations. A radioactive substance has a half-life of 2 days. If you begin with 800,000 radioactive nuclei, how many nuclei will remain after 8 days? Show your calculations.

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