The term becquerel (Bq) represents Question 11 options: A) the acronym for radiation-absorbed-dose. It is the amount of radiation absorbed per gram of body tissue. B) a measurement of the number of radioactive disintegrations occurring each second in a sample. C) the amount of radiation equivalent to the transfer of 1 J of energy to 1 kg of living tissue. D) the SI unit used to measure radioactive disintegrations per second. One Bq is equivalent to 1 disintegration per second