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Half-Life — Quiz

Question 11 • Physical Science

What occurs during one half-life?

Answer
A
Half of a daughter isotope undergoes radioactive decay to form a parent isotope.
B
Half of a parent isotope undergoes radioactive decay to form a daughter isotope.
C
All of a parent isotope undergoes radioactive decay to form a daughter isotope.
D
All of a daughter isotope undergoes radioactive decay to form a parent isotope.

Explanation

A half-life is the time it takes for half of the parent radioactive isotope in a sample to decay. That decay changes the parent isotope into a daughter isotope, so choice B is correct. It does not mean that all of the parent isotope decays or that the daughter isotope changes back into the parent.

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