1, Table 1 below gives information related to part of a natural radioactive series. Tt shows that Troment A emits a betaparticle and a gamma-ray and changes into Element B. Element B then undergoes a radioactive change to become Element C and so on. Element | Atomic | Mass Radiation | Halflife number number emitted A 3 24 8, 20 minutes B 84 214 1.6 x 10“ second c 82 : 210 19 years D 83 210 8 5 days E 4 210 a 138 days F Stable - Table 1 (a) Whatis abeta panicle? (&) Whats a gamma ray? (©) What are the atomic number and mass number of an alpha particle? Atomic No. Mass No. (2 marks) (@) Name the radioactive emission when Element B changes to Element C, and Element C to Element D. . BoC «. CwoD (2marks) GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 002492/F 94© oO o) o 002492/F 94 State the atomic number and mass number of Element F. Atomic number .. ‘Mass number (2 marks) How many protons and neutrons does the nucleus of Element D contain ? Prowns .. ‘Neutrons (2 marks) ‘Name a pair of elements in Table 1 that are ISOTOPES of the same element, “(i mark) If the activity of a sample of Element D at a certain time is 600 emissions per second, calculate the activity of the sample 15 days later. (3 marks) Total 15 marks GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE.w @ ‘Table 1 below represents the first three periods of the Periodic Table of elements, oO @ i) H He uil pe | ap ]c [n]olr [ne nal Mg[ ar | si | Pp | s [| a [ar Table 1 ‘The atomic number of chlorine (Cl) is 17. How many protons are there in one atom of (mark) ‘The most common isotope of boron (B) may be represented as '}B. A boron atom has two shells of electrons, with two electrons in the first shell. in the space below, draw a clear diagram to represent the number and distribution of protons, neutrons and electrons in a neutral! B atom. (4 marks) Write the symbol for another possible isotope of boron. (mark)