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OpenStudy (anonymous):

True or False: There are low levels of radiation all around us. Select one: True False

OpenStudy (jfraser):

are you made from molecules that use a carbon-based sugar as their backbone?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

what

OpenStudy (jfraser):

are you asking about nuclear radiation?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

well wat ever the question i i ask

OpenStudy (jfraser):

what unit is this question part of? what other information do you have?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

the nuclear reaction its a quiz

OpenStudy (anonymous):

this is all the question ask

OpenStudy (jfraser):

then its a nuclear question

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yes

OpenStudy (jfraser):

do you think that, of all the types of atoms in the universe, the only time you'll run into nuclear radiation is inside a powerplant, or a nuclear weapon?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

a nuclear weapon

OpenStudy (jfraser):

i'm not asking you to choose one of those two, i'm asking where do you find nuclear radiation used?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

oh im not all there so i dont understand

OpenStudy (jfraser):

then come back when you are "all there"

OpenStudy (jfraser):

don't waste time with excuses, think about it

OpenStudy (jfraser):

i don't care. you still know how to think

OpenStudy (jfraser):

you've got to have some sort of reading, or text, or some kind of information to help you answer this

OpenStudy (anonymous):

bartier iron

OpenStudy (anonymous):

The decay of atoms is called radioactivity. Radiation is the energy produced by this decay, and the type that is dangerous to us is ionizing radiation. When the electrical ions produced by this decay pass through living tissue, they can influence biological functions

OpenStudy (anonymous):

im lost on this this all it has on the quiz

OpenStudy (jfraser):

so the question is really "does ionizing radiation occur naturally?"

OpenStudy (anonymous):

wat

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