Susie blows up a balloon. First, she places the balloon in a bucket of ice water. She observes the balloon. She then removes the balloon and places it into a bucket of hot water. She observes the balloon again. 1. Explain what Susie will observes when she puts the balloon in ice water.

2. Explain what Susie will observe when she puts the balloon in hot water.

Daughter element the new element produced along with a decay particle in a nuclear transmutation 2. half-life the substance that decays in a nuclear transmutation 3. parent element the change of one chemical element into another by nuclear decay or radioactive bombardment 4. transmutation the time required for the decay of one-half of the atoms in a sample of radioactive material