Most common garter snakes have a pattern of yellow stripes on a brown or green background, and their average total length (including tail) is about 55 cm (22 in), with a maximum total length of about 137 cm (54 in). The average body mass is 150 g (5.3 oz).
Centigray is a radiation absorbed dose measurement unit. A centigray (cGy) is a derived metric (SI) measurement unit of absorbed radiation dose of ionizing radiation, e.g. X-rays. The SI prefix centi stands for one hunfredths.
Radioactive decay is the set of various processes by which an unstable atomic nucleus emits subatomic particles. Decay is said to occur in the parent nucleus and produce a daughter nucleus. The SI unit for measuring radioactive decay is the becquerel (Bq).