Chemistry: Alternative Assignment- 8.01 Half Life and Radioactive Decay Lab

Chemistry: Alternative Assignment- 8.01 Half Life and Radioactive Decay Lab
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Watch the following video…and answer the questions below. Submit under Assignment 8.01- Radioactive Decay. 

Video: https://youtu.be/HRwey6cwGHo

1. In the dice simulation, how many rounds were the dice shaken before the first half life was reached? 
2. In the dice simulation, how many generations occurred before all dice decayed? 
3. What kind of particles can be emitted in radioactive decay? 
4. How does the video describe a half life? 
5. Write and explain each part of the half life equation. 
6. Based on the graph shown around 4 minutes into the video, explain what is occurring over the generations, if the dice represent decaying nuclei? 
7. Based on the half life graph on Carbon-14, what is the approximate half life? 
8. What are Alpha-particles made up of? 
9. What example do they provide that uses Alpha-particles decay to date?
10. What are the Beta-particles made up of?
11. What example do they provide that uses Beta-particles decay to date?
12. What is emitted during gamma decay?