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Drag each clue to its kind of decay

Exercise and reference answers

Items
  1. Group
    Alpha
    Item
    Two protons, two neutrons
  2. Group
    Alpha
    Item
    Net charge of plus 2
  3. Group
    Alpha
    Item
    A sheet of paper stops it
  4. Group
    Beta
    Item
    A neutron becomes a proton
  5. Group
    Beta
    Item
    Net charge of minus 1
  6. Group
    Beta
    Item
    A thin metal plate stops it
  7. Group
    Gamma
    Item
    A photon from the nucleus
  8. Group
    Gamma
    Item
    Carries no charge
  9. Group
    Gamma
    Item
    Needs lead to stop it
Groups
  1. Item
    Alpha
  2. Item
    Beta
  3. Item
    Gamma
Instructions
Drag every clue onto the radiation it belongs to: alpha, beta or gamma.

Explanation

_Source: OpenStax Physics, section 22.2 Nuclear Forces and Radioactivity_
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