What Is the Energy Source for the Sun

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Multiple Choice

What is the energy source for the Sun?

• A) thermonuclear fusion in the core
• B) radioactive decay of the nuclei of heavy elements
• C) primordial heat, left behind from when the Sun first formed
• D) heat released by gravitational contraction as the Sun slowly shrinks

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