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Which of the following statements is true? Fusion breaks apart nuclei; fission puts them together. Fission breaks apart nuclei; fusion puts them together. Fission and fusion have identical reactions.

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the 2nd one

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Fission breaks apart nuclei

Fusion puts them together.

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Explanation:

The term "fission" is related to the term "fissure" which means "a cut or divide", often describing a geologic feature of the earth (eg: a crack in the rock).

Fusion is the idea of putting things together, which is the opposite of fission. The term doesn't have to apply to nuclear fusion. It could be something like the fusing of two ideas to create one new idea.

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