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Waec Physics Questions

Question 561:
Which of the following statements is not true of nuclear fission?
  • A Mother nucleus is broken into two daughter nuclei of roughly equal parts
  • B Neutron is normally used in bombarding heavy nucleus
  • C Two light nuclei are made to combine to form a heavy nucleus
  • D Very enormous energy is released
  • E There is an apparent loss of mass
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Question 562:
When a paint brush is removed from clean water, the bristles of the brush are pulled together because of
  • A The viscosity of the surrounding air
  • B The low density of water
  • C Surface tension forces
  • D The weight of the brush bristles
  • E The mass of the brush bristles
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Question 563:
The half-life of a radioactive material is 6hrs. What quantity of 1kg of the material would decay in 24 hours?
  • A 15/16kg
  • B 1/2kg
  • C 1/4kg
  • D 1/8kg
  • E 1/16kg
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Question 564:
The odor of a leaking gas is perceived at a distance from the source. This is made possible by the process of
  • A Sublimation
  • B Diffusion
  • C Osmosis
  • D Evaporation
  • E Capillarity
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Question 565:
Lenz’s law of electromagnetic induction is essentially a statement of the
  • A Inverse square law of gravitation
  • B Inverse square law of magnetism
  • C Inverse square law of electrostatics
  • D Law of conservation of momentum
  • E Law of conservation of energy
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