Student Exploration: Nuclear Decayncvps Chemistry Fall

This study source was downloaded by 100000857300661 from CourseHero.com on 11-17-2022 15:21:18 GMT -06:00https://www.coursehero.com/file/13694531/M2L4P2NuclearDecayGizmo/ Name: ______________________________________ Date: ________________________Student Exploration: Nuclear DecayNCVPS Chemistry Fall 2014Vocabulary : alpha particle, atomic number, beta particle, daughter product, gamma ray, isotope, mass number, nuclear decay, positron, radioactive, subatomic particlePrior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo .) The chart below gives the locations, charges, and approximate masses of three subatomic particles . The approximate mass of each particle is given in universal mass units (u). Particle Location Charge Approximate massProton Nucleus 1 +1 uNeutron Nucleus 0 1 uElectron Orbitals 1 -0 u1. The mass number of an atom is equal to the sum of protons and neutrons in the nucleus. A helium atom has 2 protons and 2 neutrons. What is the mass number of this atom? __ 4 __2. The atomic number of an element is equal to the number of protons in each atom of the element. All helium atoms have 2 protons. What is the atomic number of helium? _ 2 ___Gizmo Warm-upWhile most atoms are stable, some are radioactive , whichmeans that they have a tendency to undergo spontaneous nuclear decay . The decay of radioactive atoms generally results in