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IB Physics SL

Theme A — Space, Time and Motion

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Theme B — The Particulate Nature of Matter

0/87 Dr Dabour Hub Science Diagram and Course Material

Theme C — Wave Behaviour

0/60 Dr Dabour Hub Science Diagram and Course Material

Theme D — Fields

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Theme E — Nuclear and Quantum Physics

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Tools and Inquiry — IB Physics skills

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E.4.2 Energy Released in Fission Reactions – Check yourself

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1.
The energy released in fission is about...
2 eV
20 keV
200 GeV
200 MeV
2.
Most of the energy of a fission appears as...
gamma rays
kinetic energy of the fragments
light
kinetic energy of neutrinos
3.
A mass decrease of 0.20 u in a fission releases about...
0.19 MeV
19 MeV
186 MeV
931 MeV
4.
Why is the energy of the antineutrinos not used in a power station?
They escape without interacting
They are absorbed immediately
They have too little energy
They are stopped by the moderator
5.
Which gives the energy released by fission using binding energy per nucleon?
Total binding energy of reactants minus products
Total binding energy of products minus reactants
Binding energy per nucleon of the parent
Mass of fragments × c
6.
Compared with burning one kilogram of coal, fission of one kilogram of U-235 releases about...
the same energy
ten times more
a thousand times more
millions of times more
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Part of Theme E — Nuclear and Quantum Physics — see every lesson and quiz in this unit.
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