All large radioactive atoms decay into smaller atoms by releasing alpha particles. Each alpha particle has 2 protons, 2 neutrons, and 0 electrons. The table below describes several neutral, low-mass atoms.

A 4-column table with 4 rows, labeled Stable Isotopes of Low-Mass Elements. The first column labeled element name has entries hydrogen, helium, lithium, beryllium. The second column labeled symbol has entries H, H e, L i, B e. The third column labeled atomic number has entries 1, 2, 3, 4. The fourth column labeled number of neutrons has entries 0, 2, 4, 5.

An alpha particle is also referred to as a nucleus of which isotope?

1. seamount a raised footwall block between normal fault creates this 2. syncline break between rocks where a hanging wall rises relative to a footwall 3. hot spring on rolling hills, this a dip between hills 4. volcanic neck created when a block with hanging walls slips down between normal faults 5. caldera underwater volcano that never reaches above sea level 6. horst natural hot water on earth's surface containing many minerals 7. graben underwater volcano whose top is eroded flat by waves 8. crater less than a mile in diameter; looks like a bowl at the top of a volcano 9. guyot magma that filled the central vent that remains after the volcano has eroded 10. reverse fault over 1 mile in diameter; looks like a bowl over a volcano