Fission Fusion Equations

Atomic bombs are created from which process?

• Fusion

• Fission

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In nuclear reactions--

• a large amount of matter produces a small amount of energy.

• a small amount of matter produces a large amount of energy.

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Hydrogen bombs are created from which process?

• Fusion

• Fission

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Fusion

• Creation of energy by joining the nuclei of two stable hydrogen atoms to form helium.

• Creation of energy by joining the nuclei of two helium atoms to form hydrogen.

• Creation of energy by joining the nuclei of two hydrogen isotope atoms to form helium.

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Fission

• the splitting of an atom into two or more parts that releases a lot of energy

• the fusing of an atom from one into two or more parts that releases a lot of energy

• the splitting of an atom into two or more parts that does not release a lot of energy

• the fusing of an atom from one into two or more parts that does not releas a lot of energy

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The splitting of a nucleus into smaller nuclei is

• fusion

• fission

• decay

• gamma radiation

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This is an example of...

• Chain reaction

• Fusion reaction

• Decomposition reaction

• Decay

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Which equation represents a nuclear fission reaction?

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What is the primary difference between nuclear fission and fusion?

• Fission splits heavy nuclei, fusion combines light nuclei.

• Fission combines light nuclei, fusion splits heavy nuclei.

• Both fission and fusion split heavy nuclei.

• Both fission and fusion combine light nuclei.

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Which of the following is a real-world application of nuclear fusion?

• Nuclear power plants

• Hydrogen bombs

• Smoke detectors

• MRI machines