12. Which of the following does NOT describes alpha decay?
a. changes the elemental identity of the atom c. absorbs binding energy to produce more stable
nucleus
b. emits a high energy helium nucleus d. mostly occurs in proton heavy nuclei below the zone of
stability

what experimental evidence led scientists to change from the previous model to this one?

a few of the positive particles aimed at a gold foil seemed to bounce back.

the colors of light emitted from heated atoms had very specific energies.

experiments with water vapor showed that elements combine in specific proportions.

cathode rays were bent in the same way whenever a magnet was brought near them.

earth's neighboring galaxy, the andromeda galaxy, is a distance of 2.54×107 light-years from earth. if the lifetime of a human is taken to be 70.0 years, a spaceship would need to achieve some minimum speed min to deliver a living human being to this galaxy.