GCSE OCR Physics - P6

What holds the nucleus of an atom together?

What is the periodic table?

What in an atom determines the type of element?

What is are isotopes?

What can be used to detect radiation?

Where does radioactivity come from in a material?

Explain Ionisation by Radiation.

Describe an Alpha radiation particle.

Describe Beta radiation particles.

Describe Gamma radiation photons.

Draw a basic penetration power diagram for these types of radiation.

What is alpha decay?

What I beta decay?

Draw a diagram to show the scattering of alpha particles.

What is a half-life?

What is contamination?

What is irradiation?

What is radiation dosage measured in?

What is the pattern of radioactive decay?

What is the pattern of the decay of radioactive materials?

What is nuclear fission? Use the example of Uranium in a power plant.

What happens inside a nuclear reactor.

Draw a sketch of a nuclear reactor.

What is nuclear fusion?

What are the products and reactants of hydrogen fusion?

What is released during fusion and fission?

How can energy be calculated?