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| I Can Statements | Academic Vocabulary |
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| I can qualitatively compare and contrast how particle interactions, fission, and fusion can convert matter into energy and energy into matter.
I can calculate the relative amounts of matter and energy in such particle interactions, fission, and fusion processes. |
Fission |
| Cross Cutting Concepts |
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| Energy and Matter Cause and Effect |
| Looking Back | Looking Ahead |
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| Explain the stability of the nucleus considering the electromagnetic repulsion in the nucleus and how forces govern binding energy and radioactive decay for different elements. (PII.10.2) | Apply the conservation of mass, conservation of charge, and conservation of linear momentum principles to describe the results of a radioactive particle undergoing either alpha or beta decay. (PII.10.4) |