Nuclear Reactions

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What subatomic particle sparks off fission chain reactions in power plants?

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Neutrons

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Where can radioactive elements be found in the periodic table?

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Near the bottom

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What is it called when a heavy, unstable atom splits into smaller ones?

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Fission

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What do nuclear fission and nuclear fusion have in common?

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Both give off a lot of energy

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What do isotopes of an element have in common?

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They have the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons.

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What is nuclear fusion?

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The process where two light atomic nuclei combine to form a heavier nucleus, releasing energy.

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What is the primary fuel used in nuclear fission reactors?

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Uranium-235.

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What is a chain reaction in nuclear fission?

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A process where the products of one fission event cause further fission events.

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What is radioactive decay?

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The process by which an unstable atomic nucleus loses energy by emitting radiation.

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What are the three types of radiation emitted during radioactive decay?

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Alpha particles, beta particles, and gamma rays.

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