Ionizing radiation Crossword

_____ occurs when the radiation excites the motion of the atoms or molecules, or excites an electron from an occupied orbital into an empty, higher energy orbital.
______ occurs when the radiation carries enough energy to remove an electron from an atom or molecule
The dividing line between radiation that excited electrons and radiation that forms ions is often assumed to be equal to the _____ __ ____
Radiation that carries less energy and can only excite the water molecule
Radiation that carries more energy than 1216 kJ/mol that can remove an electron from a water molecule
The dividing line between ionizing and non-ionizing radiation falls in the ____ spectrum
The H2O+ ion is an example of a ____ ____, which contains an unpaired valence shell electron. They are extremely reactive.
One way to measure ionizing radiation is to measure the activity of the source in units of disintegration per second or _____.
Radiation absorbed doses or “____”
The ____ ____ ___ or rem is the absorbed dose in rads times the biological effectiveness of the radiation.
People who live in the Rocky Mountains receive twice as much background radiation as the national average because there is less ____ to filter out the cosmic rays from the sun
Damage to the ___ ______ is the main cause of death at modernity high levels of exposure