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Describe and explain how a constant rate of fission is maintained in a reactor by considering what events or sequence of events may happen to the released neutrons. (6 marks)

In one fission reaction 2 or 3 neutrons are released at once, to ensure the effectiveness and the safety of the reaction this must be controlled. A neutron is first slowed down by a moderator, which is us...

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A roller coaster car starts stationary at the top of a downwards slope. At the bottom of the slope, it has a speed of 30m/s. Use the conservation of energy to find the vertical height of the slope. (Use g=10 m/s^2)

From the conservation of energy, we know that the change in gravitational potential energy (GPE) is equal to the change in kinetic energy (KE). GPE=mgh and KE=(1/2)mv^2. At the top of the slope, the car s...

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A coil is connected to a voltmeter. A bar magnet, initially held above the coil, is left to fall into the coil. Explain why the voltmeter shows a reading. How will the reading of the voltmeter be affected if the magnet is dropped from a greater height?

As the bar magnet enters and exits the coil, there is a change in magnetic flux linkage through the coil. According to Faraday's law, an EMF is induced across the coil that is proportional to the rate of ...

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Why do you weigh less on the Moon than on Earth?

Weight is the product of an object's mass and the dominant gravitational field that it feels. On Earth, objects feel a gravitational acceleration which is dependent on the mass of the earth and its rotati...

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Why do we experience seasons? And why is this different between the different sides of the world?

The Earth is on a tilted axis, a full rotation takes 24 hours and this is our day length. As well as spinning on its axis, the Earth also orbits the Sun. This orbit takes 365 days to complete, but it's th...

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