Fission and Fusion

Takes two small nuclei and combines them into a larger nucleus

• fission
• fusion

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The splitting of a nucleus into smaller nuclei is

• fusion
• fission
• half-life
• gamma radiation

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How do nuclear power-plants work?

• Fusion
• Half-life
• Fission
• Fusion or fission

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This is an example of...

• Fission  reaction
• Fusion reaction
• Decomposition reaction
• Decay

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Where does fusion occur naturally?

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

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What does it mean that fusion is a "chain reaction?"

• many steps or mini-reactions in the process
• long chains of elements form in a row

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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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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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Requires temperatures of millions of degrees?

• Fission
• Fusion

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_________ happens naturally due to an unstable nucleus.

• fission
• fusion
• radioactive decay
• K-capture

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