Asked by Julie

Hedea made a study chart about nuclear energy.

A 3-column table with 2 rows titled Nuclear Energy. The first column labeled Reaction has entries fission, fusion. The second column labeled Change to Nucleus has entries nuclei of atoms are split, nuclei of atoms are joined. The third column has entries Energy Conversion has entries converts nuclear to thermal, converts nuclear to radiant.

Which best describes the error in Hedea’s chart?

The nuclei of atoms are joined together in both fission and fusion.
Fission and fusion convert nuclear energy to both radiant and thermal energy.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
"The fission and fusion convert nuclear energy to both radiant and thermal energy."

Reason: fusion joins nuclei and fission splits nuclei (so the first choice is false), and both reactions release nuclear energy as kinetic energy of products, gamma (radiant) radiation, and heat (thermal), so you can't say one gives only thermal and the other only radiant.