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Radiation

By: Tom Negaard and Jake Erler. Radiation. Introductory Video. Video. What is Radiation. Radiation is a wide variety of different waves. Ion rays = most common Causes excitation = energy change in cell Rays lose energy as travel through cells Lost energy disrupts chemical bonds in cells.

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Radiation

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  1. By: Tom Negaard and Jake Erler Radiation

  2. Introductory Video • Video

  3. What is Radiation • Radiation is a wide variety of different waves. • Ion rays = most common • Causes excitation = energy change in cell • Rays lose energy as travel through cells • Lost energy disrupts chemical bonds in cells

  4. Radiation Spectrum

  5. Radiation: Effects on the Human Body • Some early symptoms to radiation sickness include (exposure to 100 rems or more) • Nausea and Headaches • Vomiting • Loss of White blood cells • Exposure to 300 rems or more can cause: • Temporary hair loss • Nerve damage • Severe loss of white blood cells • Exposure to 450 rems is a 50% chance of fatality • Exposure to 800+ rems is always fatal

  6. What is a “Rem” • Rem-The röntgen or roentgen (symbol R) is a unit of measurement for exposure to ionizing radiation (such as X-ray and gamma rays), it is named after the German physicist Wilhelm Rontgen. Wilhelm Rontgen

  7. Events Chernobyl Hiroshima and Nagasaki

  8. How Are Genetics Included? • Radiation Poisoning damages the cell nucleus. • This alters the chromosomes which are then passed down to the offspring. • The offspring have these disrupted chromosomes which can intern have mutations, loss of white blood cells, and other deformities.

  9. Conclusion • Prezi: http://prezi.com/pq_xjj63-b5j/radiation-sickness/ • Radiation is very important and effects our world, our people, and our places. • Radiation Sickness is a serious disease that should be taken seriously and further study into this topic is needed. • With Nuclear Warfare a possibility, radiation sickness could be a global catastrophe and kill many. • Radiation Sickness should be taken seriously and deserves to be researched.

  10. Works Cited • Haha tricked you this isn’t a hyperlink

  11. Hiroshima and Nagasaki Menu • Was the first use of an atomic weapon in war. • More people died from the radiation than the actual explosion itself. • People knew not of radiation sickness and where frightened of what it could do. • These atomic bombs were made under the codename“The Manhattan Project” • This included scientists from around the world, including Albert Einstein. For More Information, Click the link: http://library.thinkquest.org/3471/noNetscape/radiation_effects_body.html

  12. Chernobyl Menu • Chernobyl was the site of nuclear reactor explosion. • The effects of the Chernobyl incident is more that the equivalent of 10 Hiroshima bombings. • While many people died from the explosion more died from the radiation. • People today are still dying from this incident and it remains a ghost town to this day. • The estimated death count is 16,000+ For more info click the link http://library.thinkquest.org/3471/noNetscape/Chernobyl.html

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