EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -In the core of the Sun hydrogen is being converted into helium. This is called nuclear fusion . It takes four hydrogen atoms to fuse into each helium atom.

Detailed explanation-2: -Fusion occurs when two atoms slam together to form a heavier atom, like when two hydrogen atoms fuse to form one helium atom. This is the same process that powers the sun and creates huge amounts of energy-several times greater than fission. It also doesn’t produce highly radioactive fission products.

Detailed explanation-3: -The heat, light, and radiation that come from the sun are all examples of electromagnetic radiation. Unlike forms of energy that need to move through matter (like sound), electromagnetic radiation can travel through the vacuum of space, without other atoms, molecules, or other particles to carry it.

Detailed explanation-4: -Electricity: 1.1 Nuclear power plant produces a tremendous amount of electricity. Nuclear medicine: 2.1 Nuclear fission is used in different medical treatments. Food treatments: The sterilizing of pests is carried out with nuclear energy thus reducing the use of pesticides.