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What does ionizing radiation do to atoms that nonionizing radiation does not?

It removes electrons from atoms.

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  1. It removes electrons from atoms ✔
  2. It only warms atoms slightly
  3. It changes neutrons into protons

Why: Ionizing radiation carries enough energy to strip electrons from atoms, creating ions. Nonionizing radiation lacks that energy.

Huh, didn't know that: Ionizing radiation carries enough energy to strip electrons from atoms, creating ions. Nonionizing radiation lacks that energy.

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Answer: It removes electrons from atoms. Ionizing radiation carries enough energy to strip electrons from atoms, creating ions. Nonionizing radiation lacks that energy.

  1. Scouting America: Nuclear Science www.scouting.org/merit-badges/nuclear-science
    Explain radiation and the difference between ionizing and nonionizing radiation.
    Checked 2026-11-07.

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