IGCSE 7.
3 Applications of Radioactivity
Across
1. Radiation can cause cells to undergo this
3. A health use of radioactivity
4. Element used in dating
6. A seeing use of radioactivity
8. Mass number of unstable carbon isotope
9. Important property of a radioactive
source (two words)
11. A substance is this if it gives off
ionising radiation
14. Harmful
17. An element involved in dating rocks
20. Leaks in one of these can be detected
using radioactivity
21. A timely use of radioactivity
22. Unwanted radioactive material
23. Living material that can be damaged
by radioactivity
24. Type of radiation given off when
carbon 14 decays
25. The Earth is about 5 **** years old
Down
2. The study of old structures and objects
5. Medical treatment using radioactivity
7. Harmful result of exposure to radiation
10. Alpha, beta and gamma are examples
of *** radiation
11. Something to be reduced with radioactivity
12. Radiation from space
13. These can be dated using the decay of uranium
15. This shields us from cosmic radiation
16. Type of radiation that can easily
pass through tissue
18. Type of radiation stopped by a thin
piece of paper
19. Element that forms from the decay of carbon 14