Fission

Examples of Nuclear Change

• Ice cubes melting, cutting carrots

• Two Hydrogen atoms join into a Helium atom, Uranium splits into smaller atoms

• Burning trash, silver tarnishing

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Which type of reaction does the diagram illustrate?

• Fission

• Fusion

• Alpha Decay

• Beta Decay

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In which process does a heavy nucleus split into two lighter nuclei?

• freezing

• condensation

• fission

• fusion

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What occurs in both fusion and fission reactions?

• Small amounts of energy are converted into large amounts of matter.

• Small amounts of matter are converted into large amounts of energy.

• Heavy nuclei are split into lighter nuclei.

• Light nuclei are combined into heavier nuclei.

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This is an example of...

• Fission  reaction

• Fusion reaction

• Decomposition reaction

• Decay

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How do nuclear power-plants work?

• Fusion

• Half-life

• Fission

• Fusion or fission

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What is a beneficial aspect 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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Which of the following is true about nuclear fission?

• The mass of the product is greater than the mass of the original nucleus

• The mass of the product is less than that of the original nucleus

• The mass of the product is the same as the mass of the original nucleus

• The mass of the product is 100 times greater than the original nucleus

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The product of nuclear fission includes

• neutrons and electrons

• several nuclei and neutrons

• several nuclei and electrons

• several nuclei and protons

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For the balanced equation, which particle is represented by X?

• ⁰_-1 e

• ¹₁ H

• ⁴₂ H

• ¹₀ n

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