Nuclear Fission And Fusion

Question 1

What is nuclear fission?

Answer 1

Splitting a large unstable nucleus. Nuclear vision is a type of nuclear reaction that is used to release energy from large and unstable atoms by splitting them into smaller atoms.

Question 2

Before nuclear vision, what does the nucleus have to do before splitting?

Answer 2

It has to absorb a neutron

Question 4

When an atom splits, what is released?

Answer 4

Two or three neutrons if any of these neutrons are moving slow enough to be absorbed by another nucleus as they can cause more fission to occur

Question 5

What is nuclear fusion?

Answer 5

Joining small nuclei, a nuclear vision to light newly collide at high speed and join to create a larger heavier nucleus.

Question 6

What 2 atoms of the same element join together to create helium?

Answer 6

Hydrogen

Question 7

Does fusion release a lot or little energy?

Answer 7

A lot

Question 8

How can fusion be used?

Answer 8

To generate energy