Nuclear Physics Quiz: questions and answers
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1. What does nuclear physics study?
The atomic nuclei and their constituents and interactions
2. Who discovered the radioactivity?
Henri Becquerel
3. What was discovered during the Becquerel experiment?
The atom internal structure was discovered
4. What is an example of nuclear reaction?
A radioactive decay
5. Which of the fundamental forces are present in nuclear physics?
A weak nuclear force and a strong nuclear force
6. How is nuclear energy formed?
When an atom's bond in broken
7. What is transmutation?
The process of the nucleus changing from one element to another
8. What is a neutrino?
A particle with a small mass that is electrically neutral
9. Beta decay is caused by which fundamental force?
The weak force