Question

Element 117, tennessine, was discovered by bombarding berkelium with this element. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this element, whose bombardment was used to synthesize four other superheavy elements. This element's isotope 48 is the lightest nuclide to undergo double beta decay.
ANSWER: calcium [or Ca]
[10m] Two of the six naturally occurring isotopes of calcium are stable because their numbers of protons and neutrons are [emphasize] both this type of number. Because flerovium-298 and un·bi·hexium-310 are doubly this type of number, they are thought to land in an "island of stability."
ANSWER: magic numbers [accept doubly magic]
[10e] The bombardment used to create tennessine is a form of this nuclear process, which turns hydrogen into helium.
ANSWER: nuclear fusion [prompt on nucleosynthesis; prompt on transmutation]
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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3Total
Audrain County ATMontgomery Blair A0000
BelmontUni of Illinois Laboratory0101020
Detroit Catholic Central AStrake Jesuit A001010
FremdThomas Jefferson A001010
Hinsdale Central ALindbergh1001020
Innovation Academy AAdlai E. Stevenson A0101020
Johns CreekEastchester0101020
Lambert ANorthview1001020
LexingtonHunter A10101030
NorthmontRichard Montgomery0101020
Strake Jesuit BAlabama Cyber Tech001010
Walter Payton AWestwood010010

Summary

TournamentEditionExact Match?HeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
2025 PACE NSC06/07/2025Y1215.8383%50%25%