Chemistry is, like many aspects of your own life, all about a search for ___

• electrons

• the philosopher's stone

• meaning

• stability

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The energy that holds a nucleus together is referred to as ___

• gluons

• binding energy

• the mass defect

• gravitational energy

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The binding energy of an atom is calculated with the formula ___

• E = Pt

• E = mgh

• E = mc²

• E = ½mv²

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In 1905, who developed the formula that states that mass is interchangeable with energy?

• Niels Bohr

• Max Planck

• Albert Einstein

• Ernest Rutherford

E = mc² is formally known as ___

• the mass-energy equivalence formula

• Einstein's last theorem

• the relativity equation

• the special formula

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Protons and neutrons, as components of an atomic nucleus, are collectively known as ___

• bosons

• nucleons

• gluons

• photons

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A nucleus weighs less than its sum of nucleons, a quantity known as ___

• the band gap

• relativistic rest mass

• the nuclear glitch

• the mass defect

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The "missing mass" in the nucleus, known as its mass defect, is actually present in the form of ___

• gravity

• motion

• heat

• energy

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The letter "c" in the mass-energy equivalence formula refers to ___

• the speed of light

• the Coulomb constant

• the mass of the nucleus

• the number of nucleons

The mass defect for a mole of oxygen atoms, with a mass of 16 grams, is equivalent to the energy from burning ___

• 2 tons of wood

• 4 tons of wood

• 42 metric tons of coal

• 420 metric tons of coal

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