Nuclear Fission

question 15

Multiple Choice

Nuclear fission:

• A) is a form of combustion.
• B) is the blending or "melting together" of two small atoms to form a large atom.
• C) is the splitting of a large atom into two smaller atoms of different elements.
• D) is the rearrangement of electrons that occurs during a chemical reaction.
• E) is the process that powers the sun and other stars.

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Definitions:

Allocative Efficiency

An economic state where resources are allocated in a way that maximizes the net benefit to society, considering both production and desires of consumers.

Simultaneous Consumption

A consumption pattern in which a product or service is consumed by multiple users at the same time without reducing its availability to others.

Economies of Scale

The financial benefits companies experience from expanding their operation's size, where there's a general trend of decreasing unit costs with the growth in scale.