Question

The energy production in the Sun and Stars is due to

• A. Nuclear fusion
• B. Nuclear fission
• C. Thermolysis
• D. Photolysis

Answer 1

Answer:

A. Nuclear fusion

• Nuclear fusion, the source of all the energy so generously radiated by the Sun, does two things: it converts hydrogen into helium (or rather, makes helium nuclei from protons) and it converts mass to energy.

 

• The CNO cycle (for carbon–nitrogen–oxygen) is one of the two known sets of fusion reactions by which stars convert hydrogen to helium, the other being the proton–proton chain reaction (pp-chain reaction)

           So statement is true