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Nuclear Fission and Nuclear Fusion — Unit test

Question 9 • Foothill-B Period-Chemistry-26/27B

What occurs during one half-life?

Answer
A
Half of a daughter isotope undergoes radioactive decay to form a parent isotope.
B
Half of a parent isotope undergoes radioactive decay to form a daughter isotope.
C
All of a daughter isotope undergoes radioactive decay to form a parent isotope.
D
All of a parent isotope undergoes radioactive decay to form a daughter isotope.

Explanation

A half-life is the time it takes for half of the radioactive parent isotope in a sample to decay. This decay produces a daughter isotope, so the correct choice is “Half of a parent isotope undergoes radioactive decay to form a daughter isotope.”

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