The burning of one gallon of gasoline releases about If each nuclear fission reaction in a nuclear power plant releases what quantity of Uranium-235 is used to produce the same amount of energy relased in burning a gallon of gasoline?

A. 28g
B. 0.28g
C. 2.8g
D. 0.0028g


C. 2.8g

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A) the star is a member of an eclipsing binary star system. B) the star is a Cepheid variable. C) the star is periodically ejecting gas into space, every 73 hours. D) the star is a white dwarf.

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a. kg m/s. b. g m/s2. c. kg m/s2. d. kg2/s.

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A) 6 K B) 60 K C) 600 K D) 6000 K E) None of these; a blackbody doesn't radiate visible light.

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A) what most stars become when they die. B) a precursor to a black hole. C) an early stage of a neutron star. D) a brown dwarf that has exhausted its fuel for nuclear fusion.

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