Question

Chemical reactions differ from nuclear reactions because ...

a. chemical reactions only involve electrons and nuclear reactions only involve protons.

b. chemical reactions involve bonding and nuclear reactions involve releasing particles.

c. chemical reactions involve electrons and protons and nuclear reactions only involve neutrons.

d. chemical reactions involve sharing of electrons and nuclear reactions involve electron donation.

Answer 1

chemical reactions involve bonding and nuclear reactions involve releasing particles.

Step-by-step explanation:

a) it is not necessary that nuclear reactions only involve protons. They may also involved other sub atomic particles as well.

b) Yes, chemical reactions involve bonding by sharing or donating electrons between atoms while nuclear reaction involve releasing particles like alpha beta or gamma.

c) Nuclear reactions also involve protons during a change,

d) chemical reactions involve both sharing of electrons and donation of electrons.

Answer 2

By eliminating the other incorrect answers, the best answer is (b) chemical reactions involve bonding and nuclear reactions involve releasing particles. Chemical reactions are mainly concerned with bonding between chemicals (though sometimes electrons are released but another atom/ion will absorb it), unlike nuclear reactions which always involves releasing subatomic particles.