Question

What occurs during one half-life?

A. Half of a daughter isotope undergoes radioactive decay to form a parent isotope.
B. Half of a parent isotope undergoes radioactive decay to form a daughter isotope.
C. All of a daughter isotope undergoes radioactive decay to form a parent isotope.
D. All of a parent isotope undergoes radioactive decay to form a daughter isotope.

Answer 1

B.) Half of a parent isotope undergoes radioactive decay to form a daughter isotope.

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

Actually its the parent isotope that undergoes radioactive decay.

So option A and C is not correct.

And in one half life;

what happens is half of the parent isotope decays to form daughter isotopes.

Hence the correct option is B:

B. Half of a parent isotope undergoes radioactive decay to form a daughter isotope.