Grade: High School - 4

PII.10.4
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.

I Can Statements Academic Vocabulary
I can 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.

Conservation of Mass
Conservation of Charge
Conservation of Linear Momentum
Radioactive
Alpha Decay
Beta Decay

Cross Cutting Concepts
Energy and Matter
Cause and Effect
Looking Back Looking Ahead
Qualitatively compare and contrast how particle interactions, fission, and fusion can convert matter into energy and energy into matter, and calculate the relative amounts of matter and energy in such processes. (PII.10.3) Know and describe how a particle accelerator functions and how current high energy particle physics experiments are being used to develop the Standard Model. (PII.10.5)