PhysicsLAB: Drill: Modern

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	What is the formula to calculate the energy of a photon?

	What is the formula to calculate the momentum of a photon?

	What is a beta particle?

	What is an alpha particle?

	What is the formula for the photoelectric effect?

	What is the formula to calculate the deBroglie wavelength of an electron?

	What is the formula to calculate the kinetic energy an electron gains by being accelerated across a potential difference of V volts?

	What was Bohr's first hypothesis about the hydrogen atom?

	What was Bohr's second hypothesis about the hydrogen atom?

	what is the formula to used to calculate the number of undecayed nuclei present in a sample given the time and the sample's half-life?

	what does the term half-life mean?

	what is the atomic number of an element represent?

	what does the atomic mass of an element represent?

	define fusion

	define fission

	state the decay reaction that produces beta rays?

	Describe the decay mode that produces gamma rays?

	Alpha particles are _____ nuclei.

	Which type of natural radiactivity passes undeviated through a magnetic field?

	How are x-rays formed?

	True or False. Electrons radiate energy as they travel in their stable orbits?

	True or False. Electrons radiate energy during de-excitation

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