Radiation

High school (ages 12+)
Science & Technology

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/radiation

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the energy propagation?Radiation is the transmission of energy through waves or particles
2. What is the particle radiation types?Includes alpha (He nuclei), beta (electrons/positrons), protons, and neutrons
3. What are the two main types of radiation?The two main types are electromagnetic waves, which include radio waves, light, and gamma rays, and particle streams, such as alpha particles, beta particles, protons, and neutrons.
4. Why can some radiation be dangerous to living things?Ionizing radiation has enough energy to knock electrons out of atoms, breaking chemical bonds and damaging cells. This can lead to health problems like cancer.

Photon: A quantum of electromagnetic radiation, behaving as both a wave and a particle.
Ionization: The process of an atom or molecule gaining or losing an electron, becoming charged.
Electromagnetic Spectrum: The range of all types of electromagnetic radiation, ordered by frequency and wavelength.
Radioactivity: The spontaneous emission of radiation from unstable atomic nuclei.