FUN 1 EO: 1.9 - Radiation Protection Tech.

FUN 1 EO: 1.9

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Compton's explanation of photons was initially rejected because it was thought that photons exhibited which properties?

Both waves and particles

Neither waves nor particles

Waves, which could not exhibit particle-like properties

Particles, which could not exhibit wave-like properties

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What is the primary characteristic of the photon in a photoelectric effect?

The photon changes into a neutron

The photon partially loses energy

The photon splits into two photons

The photon transfers all energy and disappears

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What did Compton receive in 1927 for his discovery?

Nobel Prize in physics

Grammy Award for Music

Pulitzer Prize in Literature

Academy Award for Science Communication

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In the context of a photon transferring all of its energy to an electron and ejecting it, which shell is the electron almost always from?

"M" shell (third inner shell)

"L" shell (second inner shell)

"K" shell (inner shell - lowest energy level)

Outer shells (higher energy levels)

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Compton Scattering generally occurs with gamma of what energy range?

Very low energy gamma (eV range)

High energy gamma (high MeV range)

Energy range doesn't matter

Middle energy gamma (low MeV range)

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What is the energy transformation result in Compton Scattering?

All of its energy to a positron

Part of its energy to an electron (binding energy + kinetic energy = beta particle + lesser energy photon)

All of its energy to an electron (kinetic energy only)

Part of its energy to a proton

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Compton Scattering was first fully explained by which physicist?

Albert Einstein

Isaac Newton

Niels Bohr

A. H. Compton

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In the Pair Production process, what is the transformation result of all the photon's energy?

A positron and a neutron

An electron and a positron

Two electrons

An electron and a neutron

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In Compton Scattering, which electrons are typically affected?

None of the electrons

Any electrons except “K” shell

Only "K" shell electrons

Only "L" shell electrons

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For Pair Production to occur, what energy level is required for gamma?

Moderate energy gamma, around 500 KeV

Any energy level

Low energy gamma, around 1 eV range

Very high energy gamma, greater than 2 or 3 MeV

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