Fission, fusion and how radiation is used
Grade 10 Science Worksheet - Building Confidence
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A neutron strikes uranium with mass number 235. It splits into barium with mass number 141, krypton with mass number 92, and some neutrons. How many neutrons, Ari?
A neutron strikes uranium with mass number 235. It splits into xenon with mass number 140, strontium with mass number 94, and some neutrons. How many neutrons, Bo?
A neutron strikes uranium with mass number 235. It splits into barium with mass number 144, krypton with mass number 89, and some neutrons. How many neutrons, Esme?
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Nuclear notation: a splitting and a joining (OpenStax §21.4)
process equation where it happens fission (splitting) uranium-235 + neutron → barium-141 + krypton-92 + 3 neutrons nuclear power plants fusion (joining) 4 hydrogen-1 → helium-4 + 2 positrons the Sun's core Using the card, which process powers the Sun, Kira?
- Burning coal
- Fission
- Fusion
Using the card, what does the Sun's fusion make from hydrogen, Luz?
- Carbon dioxide
- Helium
- Uranium
What are medical tracers such as technetium-99m used for, Noah?
- Showing organs in scans
- Powering the hospital lights
- Dating old bones
What is carbon-14 used for, Pia?
- Dating once-living things
- Making electricity in power plants
- Lighting the Sun
In a nuclear power plant, what does the heat from fission do, Ren?
- Lights the bulbs in our homes directly
- Boils water into steam for turbines
- Turns into uranium again
What controls the rate of fission in a reactor, Tala?
- Fans that blow on the core
- Adding more coal to it
- Control rods that absorb neutrons
Why does fission keep going as a chain reaction, Zee?
- Steam splits the nuclei
- Uranium pulls in heat from the steam
- Each fission releases neutrons