36. The achievement of lifting a rocket off the ground and into space can be explained by Newton's first law, ,
b. Newton's second law,
c. Newton's third law,
d. the law of conservation of momentum,

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