2022-23 Chapter 10.4 "Fission and Fusion"

The attractive force that binds protons and neutrons together in the nucleus.

• Nuclear force

• Strong nuclear force

• Radioactive force

• Electromagnetic force

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A "Strong Nuclear Force" depends on its electrical charge to break atomice nuclei apart.

• True

• False

Over very short distances, the "Strong Nuclear Force" is ______________ than the electric forces among protons.

• greater

• lesser

• same

Electric forces in atomic nuclei depend on the number of _______________.

• Protons

• Neutrons

• Electrons

• Quarks

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A nucleus becomes unstable, or radioactive, when the "Strong Nuclear Force" can no longer overcome the repulsive electric forces among protons.

• True

• False

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The "Strong Nuclear Force" increases with the size of the nucleus.

• True

• False

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There is a point beyond which all elements are radioactive.

• True

• False

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The splitting of an atomic nucleus into two smaller parts.

• Fusion

• Fission

• Protonic Reversal

• Chain Reaction

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In nuclear fission, a large amount of mass is required to release tremendous amounts of energy.

• True

• False

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Nuclear energy released by the fission of 1 kilogram of Uranium-235 is equivalent to the chemical energy produced by burning more than 17,000 kilograms of coal.

• True

• False

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