The effects of radiation depend on the type, energy, and location of the radiation source, and the length of exposure. The average person exposed to background radiation, including cosmic rays from the sun and radon from uranium in the ground; radiation from medical exposure, including CAT scans, radioisotope tests, X-rays, and so on; and small amounts of radiation from other human activities, such as airplane flights (which are bombarded by increased numbers of cosmic rays in the upper atmosphere), radioactivity from consumer products, and a variety of radionuclides that enter our bodies when we breathe (for example, carbon-14) or through the food chain (for example, potassium-40, strontium-90, and iodine-131).