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Georgia Performance Standards

SPS3. Students will distinguish the characteristics and components of radioactivity..
a. Differentiate among alpha and beta particles and gamma radiation.
b. Differentiate between fission and fusion.
c. Explain the process half-life as related to radioactive decay.
d. Describe nuclear energy, its practical application as an alternative energy source, and its potential problems.

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