Identify the term being defined.

strong electrostatic forcestrong nuclear forcestrong centripetal forcegravitational attractions the force that keeps the nucleons bound inside the nucleus of an atom

nuclide transfer energynuclear binding energymass-energy equivalencenuclear energy the amount of energy needed to split the nucleus into individual protons and neutrons

mass of nucleusmass defectatomic massisotopic mass the difference between the mass of the nucleons and the mass of the atom

One way in which the useful metal copper is produced is by dissolving the mineral azurite, which contains copper(ii) carbonate, in concentrated sulfuric acid. the sulfuric acid reacts with the copper(ii) carbonate to produce a blue solution of copper(ii) sulfate. scrap iron is then added to this solution, and pure copper metal precipitates out because of the following chemical reaction: (s) (aq) (s) (aq) suppose an industrial quality-control chemist analyzes a sample from a copper processing plant in the following way. he adds powdered iron to a copper(ii) sulfate sample from the plant until no more copper will precipitate. he then washes, dries, and weighs the precipitate, and finds that it has a mass of .

What type of context clue you understand the meaning of  quandary?

Heat energy, carbon dioxide, and water are released through which process? a. photosynthesis b. depolymerization c. digestion d. cellular respiration