ELABORATE & EVALUATEActivity 5:Nuclear Fission and FusionSelf-Assessment No. 51. From your understanding of nuclear fission, explain how an atomic bomb works.2. Why do heavy elements such as uranium undergo fission while light elements such ashydrogen and lithium undergo fusion?3. What are the advantages of a fusion reactor over a fission reactor? What are thepractical difficulties in operating large-scale fusion reactor?To be submitted in Google classroom on:

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ELABORATE & EVALUATE Activity 5: Nuclear Fission and Fusion Self-Assessment No. 5 1. From your understanding of nuclear fission, explain how an atomic bomb works. 2. Why do heavy elements such as uranium undergo fission while light elements such a hydrogen and lithium undergo fusion? 3. What are the advantages of a fusion reactor over a fission reactor? What are the practical difficulties in operating large-scale fusion reactor? To he submitted in Google classroom on:

ELABORATE & EVALUATE Activity 5: Nuclear Fission and Fusion Self-Assessment No. 5 1. From your understanding of nuclear fission, explain how an atomic bomb works. 2. Why do heavy elements such as uranium undergo fission while light elements such a hydrogen and lithium undergo fusion? 3. What are the advantages of a fusion reactor over a fission reactor? What are the practical difficulties in operating large-scale fusion reactor? To he submitted in Google classroom on:

Inquiry into Physics

8th Edition

ISBN:9781337515863

Author:Ostdiek

Publisher:Ostdiek

Chapter11: Nuclear Physics

Section: Chapter Questions

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