A. Dosimetry Questions Al-A3 refer to the following table, which shows four possible treatments (A- D) involving ionizing radiation. Treatment Radiation Dose (Gy) A alpha particles 0.01 B X-rays 0.01 C protons 0.06 D beta particles 0.07 1. Rank the treatments (A-D) based on the amount of energy that would be absorbed by a patient, from largest to smallest. Explain your reasoning. 2. Rank the treatments (A-D) based on the amount of biological damage their corresponding doses would do to a patient, from largest to smallest. Explain your reasoning. 3. Imagine the dose for each treatment (A-D) became 0.10 Gy. Rank the treatments based on the amount of biological damage their corresponding doses would do to a patient, from largest to smallest. Explain your reasoning. When "I is ingested, it is taken up almost entirely by the thyroid gland. 4. "I has 53 protons and 78 neutrons. It decays into "Xe, which has 54 protons and 77 neutrons. What type of ionizing radiation does "I emit when it decays into 13 Xe? Explain. 5. If a patient receives "I with an activity of 1.85 x 10 Bq, then how many decays will the "I experience in one hour? Explain/show your reasoning.6. Each individual "I decay releases ionizing radiation with 1.55 x 10"*J of energy. If half of that energy is absorbed by the thyroid gland, then what is the radiation dose received by the 0.15 kg thyroid gland in one hour? Explain/ show your reasoning. 7. What is the dose equivalent that the thyroid gland receives in the first hour after ingesting the "I? Explain/show your reasoning. 8. Each person is exposed to approximately 3 mSv per year from the background radiation in the environment, although this number varies with both location and time. How does the dose equivalent you calculated in question A7 compare to the dose equivalent a person receives each year from background radiation