As you and a friend are entering a chemistry laboratory at your university, you see a sign that states: DANGER—RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPES IN USE. Your friend is an accounting major and has not had any science courses yet. She asks you what a radioactive isotope is and you respond correctly with:

A. Radioactive isotopes are atoms that are unstable and as a result emit energy in a process called
radioactive decay.
B. Radioactive isotopes are atoms that are stable and as a result emit energy in a process called
radioactive decay.
C. Radioactive isotopes are atoms that are stable and as a result only emit energy if they are exposed to
higher temperatures.
D. Radioactive isotopes are atoms that are unstable but unless actively disturbed by some chemical
process will remain intact and pose no problems.


A. Radioactive isotopes are atoms that are unstable and as a result emit energy in a process called
radioactive decay.

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