UNIFIED SCIENCE

NUCLEAR DECAY COMPREHENSION CHECK

1. Write your name on the quarter sheet.
2. Number your quarter sheet 1-4.
3. This is a graded formative assessment.

No notes.
No talking.
Do your own work.

4. Open a textbook to page 78.

5. Wait for further directions.

NUCLEAR DECAY COMPREHENSION CHECK

1. Solve the nuclear decay problem and write the
missing isotope.

212
83

Bi

A
Z

X + He
4
2

2. What type of nuclear decay is this?

3. In the equation for nuclear decay above, what does
the letter Z represent (the term, not the number)?
4. What is the atomic number for Calcium (Ca)?