Answers to AQA GCSE Nuclear Fission
Practice Questions
1.Define the term nuclear fission
Nuclear fission is the splitting of a large and unstable nucleus.
2. State the names of the two types of nuclear fission
Induced nuclear fission
Spontaneous nuclear fission
3. State where nuclear fission takes place in industry
Nuclear Reactors
Absorption and Emission of EM Radiation
JJ Thomson and Plum pudding model
Ernest Rutherford and the Nuclear Model
Niels Bohr changing the Nuclear Model
Discovering the Proton and Neutron
Measuring radiation from radioactivity
Radiation types and properties
Random nature of radioactive decay
Radioactive contamination or irradiation
Hazards of contamination and irradiation
Studies on the effects of radiation on humans
Different half lives of radioactive isotopes
Nuclear Fission Chain Reaction
Writing nuclear fission equations