Question

The splitting of a heavy nucleus into two lighter nuclei is called ___________.

Answer 1

1. Nuclear fission is a process where a heavy nucleus splits into many lighter nuclei.
2. It is accompanied by the release of a large amount of energy, both as electromagnetic radiation, and as the kinetic energy of resulting fragments.
3. To achieve fission, the heavy nuclei of an element are bombarded with slow-moving neutrons.

Hence, the splitting of a heavy nucleus into two lighter nuclei is called nuclear fission