Nuclear fusion and fission reaction

Where does fusion occur naturally?

• Underwater
• All around us
• In the radioactive waste
• On the sun

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Nuclear fusion releases energy when:

• heavy ions fuse together
• very light nuclei fuse together
• uranium splits into two fragments
• uranium emits a neutron

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Which of the following is true about nuclear fusion?

• It is easy to implement.
• It produces less energy than nuclear fission.
• It produces more energy than nuclear fission.
• It has the ability to occur easily in everyday life.

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One disadvantage of nuclear energy is ___.

• it is a fossil fuel
• it leaves behind radioactive waste
• it emits large amounts of pollution into the atmosphere
• there are no disadvantages

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What is a benefit of nuclear fission?

• The ability to absorb energy
• The ability to release tremendous amounts of energy
• The ability to produce more energy than nuclear fusion
• There are no beneficial aspects of nuclear fission

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Why do scientists most want to learn more about fusion?

• To win the Nobel prize
• To make energy for people to use
• To destroy the world
• To know more about stars

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This is an example of ---

• Radioactive Decay
• Nuclear Fission
• Nuclear Fusion
• Fossil fuel reaction

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Why is fusion hard to achieve?

• it produces a lot of radioactive waste

• the nuclei containing protons are positive and will repel

• the temperature must 0 K

• the average kinetic energy of hydrogen atoms is too low

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Which of these diagrams represents the type of nuclear reaction that produces energy in the Sun?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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The nuclear equation shown models which nuclear process?

• fusion

• fission

• beta decay

• gamma emission

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