Small Division

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Nuclear Fission (5)

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(b) Nuclear Fusion (5)

• Two atoms join

• Produces energy in stars

• Chain reaction can occur

• Used in nuclear power plants

• Typically uses hydrogen and produces helium

• Nuclear waste is an issue

• Atom is divided

• Naturally occuring on the sun

• 1000 x stronger

• Uses uranium and other radioactive elements

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

Why do cells have to remain small?

• Being large puts to much strain on thier DNA

• Being larger makes it harder for the cell to move nutrients and dispose of waste

• larger cells are a bigger target for dangerous pathogens

• Larger cells create tumors that are bad for the body

In which phase of the cell cycle do the spindle fibers pull the sister chromatids apart and to opposite ends of the cell

• Interphase

• Prophase

• Metaphase

• Anaphase

In which phase of the cell cycle does the cytoplasm split into 2 new daughter cells

• Telophase

• Metaphase

• Anaphase

• Cytokinesis

What is the smallest unit of life that can replicate independently?

• Atom

• Molecule

• Cell

• Tissue

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

Which of the following is the smallest particle of an element that retains its chemical properties?

• Proton

• Neutron

• Electron

• Atom

In the context of cell biology, what is the process called where a cell divides into two smaller cells?

• Mitosis

• Meiosis

• Binary Fission

• Cytokinesis

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Which of the following is the smallest division of geological time?

• Era

• Period

• Epoch

• Age

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What is the smallest unit of a chemical compound that can exist?

• Atom

• Molecule

• Ion

• Crystal

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

In physics, what is the smallest division of an electric charge?

• Electron

• Proton

• Neutron

• Quark