When an Atom Undergoes Gamma Decay

question 28

Multiple Choice

When an atom undergoes gamma decay:

• A) the atomic number decreases by 2 and the mass number decreases by 4.
• B) the atomic number increases by 1 and the mass number doesn't change.
• C) the atomic number and the mass number remain the same.
• D) the atomic number decreases by 1 and the mass number doesn't change.

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Definitions:

Delirium

An acute, often sudden confusion or change in mental status, characterized by difficulties in attention, awareness, and thinking.

Hallucinations

Hallucinations are sensory perceptions that appear real but are created by the mind, without an external stimulus, affecting vision, hearing, or other senses.

Delusions

Fixed false beliefs that are resistant to reason or confrontation with actual fact, often observed in psychiatric conditions.

Coma

A state of unconsciousness in which the person shows no response to maximum painful stimuli, absence of reflexes, and absence of muscle tone in the extremities.