Stellar Fusion

What is this process?

• Fission
• Fusion
• Combustion

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Where does this process occur in nature?

• Earth's core
• Sun
• Atmosphere

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When a young, developing star becomes massive enough and dense enough, the process of _______ begins.

• H --> He fusion
• He --> C fusion
• He --> C --> O fusion
• fission

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When stars are fusing hydrogen into helium, and are neither expanding nor contracting, they are said to be...

• dying
• in hydrostatic equilibrium
• white dwarfs
• red hypergiants

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What are some of the outcomes of nuclear fusion?

• Produce larger materials from the collision of smaller materials.
• Release energy.
• Produce smaller materials from the collision of larger materials.
• Produce larger materials from the collision of smaller materials & Release energy

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In nuclear fusion, smaller atoms are forced together to create larger atoms. Does this process release, absorb or maintain energy?

• Absorb energy
• Maintain energy
• Release energy

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Where does fusion occur naturally?

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

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Which atoms combine together during fusion reaction on the sun?

• Helium and Hydrogen atoms
• Hydrogen atoms
• Hydrogen and Lithium atoms
• Hydrogen and Carbon atoms

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Hydrogen is the primary fuel

• Fission
• Fusion
• Radioactive Decay

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The process being modelled here is called what?

• hydrodynamic equilibrium
• hydrostatic equilibrium
• stellar balance
• nucleosynthesis

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