Fission, Fusion and Radiation

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  1. 1. What element is used in nuclear power plants as fuel?
  2. 6. What type of radioactive decay will emit particles with no overall charge?
  3. 7. The Milky Way is the ________ that the Sun is in.
  4. 8. What happens when the energy from splitting an atom is released all at once?
  5. 10. The Sun is a ______ dwarf star.
  6. 11. What disease can be caused by the radiation from isotopes?
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  1. 2. What type of radioactive decay is caused when there are too many protons in the nucleus?
  2. 3. What type of isotopes are termed radioactive isotopes?
  3. 4. What type of radioactive decay is caused when there are too many neutrons in the nucleus?
  4. 5. nuclear fusion takes place inside _______.
  5. 8. What scientist came up with the formula E = mc2?
  6. 9. Isotopes of the same element have a different number of what atomic particles?