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Radioactive decay produces _____.

instability

parent isotopes

energy

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The correct answer should be energy.
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The correct answer is C) energy.

Radioactive decay produces energy.

We are talking about one of the ways that energy is produced after a nuclear reaction. When we refer to the term nuclear decay, what happens is that the nucleus of the atom sends energy due to its instability. The form of energy it produces is called radioactivity. Scientists call these series of reactions as "radioactive decay," because the phenomenon activates many reactions before it stabilizes.

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