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What is Nucleus?
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Center, or core, of an Atom
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What is a Fusion?
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Reaction in which atomic nuclei combine to form a larger nuclei
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what happens to the nuclei of hydrogen at high temperatures?
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At high temperatures the nuclei of hydrogen combine or fuse
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How does the sun produce energy?
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The Sun produces its energy by means of nuclear reactions.
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What happens in a fusion reaction?
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In a fusion reaction, four hydrogen nuclei combine to form one helium nucleus.
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what do Astronomers use to find out how much energy the sun produces?
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Astronomers can use Einstein's equation to calculate how much energy the sun produces
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