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Gamma
A unit of magnetic field strength equal to one-hundred-thousandth of an oersted
Paper
A material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
Beta
The 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet
Aluminium
A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite
Dose
A measured portion of medicine taken at any one time
Alpha
The 1st letter of the Greek ___
Background
A person's social heritage: previous experience or training
Electrons
An elementary particle with negative charge (plural)
Radon
A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium
Rutherford
A unit strength of a radioactive source equal to one million disintegrations per second
Uranium
A heavy toxic silvery-white radioactive metallic element
Dalton
English chemist and physicist who formulated atomic theory and the law of partial pressures
Radium
An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores
Rays
A column of light (plural)
Plum
Any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone
Geiger
German physicist who developed the ___ counter
Radiation
Energy that travels in waves or particles
Pudding
Any of various soft thick unsweetened baked dishes
Muller
Swiss chemist who synthesized DDT and discovered its use as an insecticide
Penetration
An attack that ___ into enemy territory
Nuclear
Deriving destructive energy from the release of atomic energy
Lead
A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element
Model
A hypothetical description of a complex entity or process

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