Fission vs Fusion

The splitting of a nucleus into smaller nuclei is

• fusion

• fission

• half-life

• gamma radiation

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Which type of reaction does the diagram illustrate?

• Fission

• Fusion

• Alpha Decay

• Beta Decay

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How do nuclear power-plants work?

• Fusion

• Half-life

• Fission

• Fusion or fission

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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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What is one key difference between nuclear fusion and nuclear fission?

• Fusion involves splitting atoms, while fission involves combining them.

• Fusion releases more energy than fission.

• Fission occurs naturally in stars, while fusion occurs in nuclear reactors.

• Fission is safer than fusion.

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Which of the following is a benefit of nuclear fusion over nuclear fission?

• Fusion produces more long-lived radioactive waste.

• Fusion uses abundant fuel sources like hydrogen.

• Fusion is more likely to cause nuclear accidents.

• Fusion is less efficient than fission.

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This is an example of ---

• Radioactive Decay

• Nuclear Fission

• Nuclear Fusion

• Fossil fuel reaction

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What do you find here?

• Nuclear fusion

• Nuclear fission

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What do you find here?

• Nuclear fusion

• Nuclear fission

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Nuclear fusion is where...

• two smaller atom nuclei fuse into one larger atom nucleus

• two larger atom nuclei fuse into one smaller atom nucleus

• one larger atom nucleus decays and breaks into two or more smaller atom nuclei

• one smaller atom nucleus decays and breaks into two or more larger atom nuclei

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