Physics 0625 · IGCSE · Radioactivity

Radioactivity — practice question

Which statement describes the meaning of the half-life of a radioactive isotope?

  • Ahalf the time taken for one nucleus of the isotope to decay
  • Bhalf the time taken for the isotope to decay completely
  • Cthe time taken for half of the nuclei of the isotope to decay
  • Dthe time taken for one nucleus of the isotope to split in half

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