Question 1 (1 point)

Question

Question 1 (1 point)
Which is the BEST definition of Half-Life?

a
The half-life of a substance or element is the amount of energy it takes for all of the initial quantity of that substance or element to decay or transform into another substance.
 b
The half-life of a substance or element is the amount of time it takes for half of the initial quantity of that substance or element to decay or transform into another substance.
 c
The half-life of a substance or element is the amount of matter it takes for all of the quantity of that substance or element to decay or transform into another substance.
Question 2 (1 point)
Why were candies used for this lab?   (Replace the word “candy” with whatever you chose to use)

a
Candy simulates how atoms radioactively decay and how rocks of different ages have varied amounts of radioactive and decayed elements.
 b
Candy is easy to clean up and students will enjoy eating them at the end of the lab.
 c
Candy is the same size as an atom and makes half-life easy to visualize.
Question 3 (1 point)
What made the specific candy a good example?

a
The candy is easy to clean up after the lab.
 b
The candy has two sides to represent parent and daughter atoms after the decay simulation.
 c
The candy is an atom and will decay after they are shaken.

GPT-4o mini · Answer

**Question 1:** The BEST definition of Half-Life is **b** The half-life of a substance or element is the amount of time it takes for half of the initial quantity of that substance or element to decay or transform into another substance. --- **Question 2:** Why were candies used for this lab? ** Candy simulates how atoms radioactively decay and how rocks of different ages have varied amounts of radioactive and decayed elements. --- **Question 3:** What made the specific candy a good example? **b** The candy has two sides to represent parent and daughter atoms after the decay simulation.