Had you been given a task to do in between viewing the information and recall (such as counting backwards from 10), how would this have affected your ability to recall correctly? Explain why.

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