During nuclear fission great amounts of energy are produced from

Question:

During nuclear fission, great amounts of energy are produced from

a. very small amounts of mass.

b. tremendous amounts of mass.

c. a series of chemical reactions.

d. particle accelerators.

The correct answer is

a. Very small amounts of mass

Explanation:

Nuclear fission is the nuclear reaction that involves the splitting of the nucleus of a large atom into two or more lighter nuclei and the production of a huge amount of energy

Nuclear fission involves the input of about 8 million electron volts (MeV) to break the binding nuclear forces. Binding of a neutron to the heavy nucleus of an element of fission material produces 6 MeV of the 8 MeV alone.

The output energy is about 2 trillion Kelvin or 200 MeV for each fission event.