Question

The charge on a gamma ray is ____.
a. 2
b. 1
c. 0
d. 2

Answer 1

1) An unstable nucleus

c. emits energy when it decays

2)The charge on gamma ray is

c. 0

3) what particle is emitted in alpha radiation?

c. helium nucleus

4) The least penetrating form of radiation is

c. Alpha radiation

5) What is the change in atomic number when an atom emits a BETA particle?

D. increases by 1

- There you go loves :)

Answer 2

So we want to know what charge do gamma particles have. Gamma particles are high energy electromagnetic radiation or in other words, gammy rays are high energy photons. Photons have no electrical charge so the charge of gamma rays is equal to zero. The correct answer is c. 0