Question

vA simple view of nuclear fusion like what occurs in stars is shown below.



image.png



Which would complete the model in the space marked with a question mark?


Release of ozone


Release of energy


Release of small particles


Release of smaller atoms

Answer 1

Release of energy.

In stellar fusion (e.g., hydrogen → helium) light nuclei fuse into heavier nuclei and the mass difference is converted to energy (E = mc^2). Fusion powers stars and produces photons and neutrinos, not ozone or smaller atoms.