Control rod material must absorb neutrons

What will be an ideal response?


In order to stop the nuclear reactions, neutrons must be absorbed, and control
rods do that.

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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A farsighted girl has a near point at 2.0 m but has forgotten her glasses at home. The girl borrows eyeglasses that have a power of +2.75 diopters

With these eyeglasses, what is the near point of the girl, assuming that she wears them extremely close to her eyes? A) 28 cm B) 31 cm C) 33 cm D) 37 cm E) 40 cm

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Green cheese is unripe cheese, which has a yellowish color. Many hundreds of years ago, someone said that the Moon was made of green cheese. Was this model falsifiable in its time? Is it falsifiable now? Explain

What will be an ideal response?

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The pressure exerted by a gas is the result of

a. the Bernoulli effect b. molecular collisions c. Pascal's principle d. the ideal gas law e. none of the above

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