16 Questions
Which of the following best describes the emission of any massive, charged, energetic particle or wave energy from a point energy source to the environment in the directions of radii?
Radiance
What term is used to describe the changes in energy parameters of radiation when particle or wave nature energy is applied to a biological system?
Interaction
In which scenario is information about the macro or microstructure of the biological system extracted by interpreting the changes in the radiation parameters?
Radiodiagnostic
Which term best describes the process of changing the biological system positively, such as in radiotherapy or physical therapy?
Radiation biophysics
What is the term for the emission of any massive, charged, energetic particle or wave energy from a point energy source to the environment in the directions of radii?
Radiate
Which term refers to the classification in the context of changes in energy parameters of radiation when particle or wave nature energy is applied to a biological system?
Classifying
What type of radiation is characterized by x-ray and alpha ray?
Ionizing radiation
According to the nature of light, who proposed the idea that light is a wave?
Huygens
Which physicist is credited with the discovery of the photoelectric phenomena?
Einstein
What does the symbol 'c' represent in the equation $c = \lambda f$?
Wavelength of the electromagnetic wave
According to Bohr's postulates, when does an electron not release energy due to its accelerated motion on the orbit?
When it moves in certain orbits where electrons can be circulated
In Bohr's model of the hydrogen atom, what must be equal to exact multiples of the wavelength of the wave accompanying the electron?
The orbital length
What series is characterized by transitions from higher energy levels to the n=1 level in hydrogen atoms?
Lyman series
What quantity is represented by 'E' in the equation $E = E_{higher} - E_{lower}$ for emission and absorption of light?
Energy difference between two levels
'Pachen', 'Balmer', and 'Lyman' are associated with which aspect of atomic physics?
Generation of light
$E = mc^2$ equation is associated with which physicist's work?
$E = mc^2$ equation is not associated with any physicist's work.
Test your knowledge of radiation biophysics basics with this quiz. Explore the concepts of radiation emission, interaction with radiation, and related parameters.
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