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WorksheetsThe difference between nuclear and chemical reactions
Total questions: 1
Worksheet time: 7mins
What is involved in a chemical reaction?
Change in atomic mass
Reaction of protons and neutrons
Transfer, loss, gain, and sharing of electrons
Decomposition of the nucleus
Where does a nuclear reaction take place?
In the atom's nucleus
Outside the nucleus
In the electron cloud
On the atom's surface
What remains unchanged in a chemical reaction?
Volume
Energy level
Nuclear structure
Number of electrons
What changes in a nuclear reaction?
Number of electrons
Nuclear structure
Chemical bonds
Electron configuration
What is responsible for chemical reactions?
Atomic mass
Electrons in the atom
Nucleus decomposition
Protons and neutrons
What is a characteristic of the energy change in nuclear reactions?
Very high energy change
Only low energy change
No energy change
Minimal energy change
What happens to the atomic mass in a nuclear reaction?
It decreases by half
It doubles
There is mass change
It remains the same
Who reacts in a chemical reaction?
Atomic mass
Electrons
Nucleus
Protons and neutrons
What is true about the atomic mass in a chemical reaction?
It always increases
Reactants and products have equal mass
It always decreases
Reactants have more mass than products
Who reacts inside the nucleus during a nuclear reaction?
Protons and neutrons
Electrons
Atoms
Molecules
