A large room is filled with mousetraps, each trap set with two plastic balls on the arm of the trap. A single plastic ball is thrown into the room, setting off one trap. This causes three plastic balls to be in the air, which then land and set off three other traps, and so on. How could this be evaluated as a model for fission?
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a- The plastic balls are a good representation of neutrons, but there is no splitting of nuclei as happens in fission.
b- The plastic balls are a good representation of neutrons, but there is no joining of nuclei as happens in fission.
c- The plastic balls are a good representation of the energy given off by the nucleus, but there is no joining of nuclei as happens in fission.
d- The plastic balls are a good representation of the energy given off by the nucleus, but there is no splitting of nuclei as happens in fission.
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a- The plastic balls are a good representation of neutrons, but there is no splitting of nuclei as happens in fission.
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