Answer:
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Explanation:
The shorthand nuclear reaction equations have been given; the first particle in the parentheses is a reactant particle while the second particle is a product particle. These can now be rewritten as the longhand equations as follows;
238/92U + 4/2 He -------> 241/94Pu + 1/0 n
238/92U + 4/2 He ------> 241/94Pu + 1/0 n
14/7N + 4/2 He------> 17/8O + 1/1 p
56/26Fe + 2 4/2 He----> 60/29Cu + 4/2 He
Fusion and fission are both nuclear reactions that produce energy, but fusion is two nucleus joining (think about fuse or fusing), while fission is a nucleus splitting (think about fissure)
so the correct answer is <span>C. Fission is the splitting of a nucleus</span>
Answer:
The molecules absorb heat and acquire more kinetic energy.
Explanation:
In a solid, the solids only vibrate about their mean positions but do not translate. When energy is supplied to the molecule in the form of heat, the molecules vibrate faster. Eventually, they acquire sufficient energy to leave their mean positions and translate. Hence the solid crystal collapses.
When ice is heated, water molecules acquire sufficient kinetic energy to translate. The intermolecular bonds are gradually broken in the solid framework as heat is absorbed. The heat required for this is known as the latent heat of fusion.
The temperature remains constant until phase transition is over, then temperature rise resumes.
The physical state that best describes the scientist's sample is solid (option C).
<h3>What are the states of matter?</h3>
Matter refers to any substance that has mass and occupies space. The states of matter are as follows;
- Solids; a substance in the fundamental state of matter that retains its size and shape without need of a container.
- Gases; a matter in a state intermediate between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid
- Liquids; substance that is flowing such as water; Liquids readily change their relative position, and which therefore retains no definite shape, except that determined by the containing receptacle.
According to this question, a scientist observed a sample of an unknown material to have molecules that are packed closely together and have fixed positions in space relative to each other. It has resistance to deformation and change of volume.
This description best fits the solid state of matter.
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