Chemistry Unit 4 Day 4

Learning Objective: Students will learn about nuclear reactions and will analyze and interpret what they've learned in writing using technical vocabulary: nuclear fission, nuclear fusion, reaction, energy, protons, neutrons, electrons and science ideas: energy transfer.


Questions:

1. What is nuclear fusion? (book)
2. What is a radioactive atom? give an example. (book)
3. What does the half-life of a radioisotope correspond to?

Answer choices for number 3:

	A. The length of time for a radioactive material to completely decay to a stable form B. The length of time required for half of a sample of radioactive material to decay C. The length of time a material is stable before the nucleus becomes radioactive D. The length of time it takes for one nucleus to undergo a nuclear reaction