Nuclear Fission

Real World Example

Imagine you have a big, tangled ball of yarn that you're trying to unravel. Just like when you pull apart the ball of yarn and it unravels into smaller strands, releasing the tension stored within, nuclear fission involves splitting a large atomic nucleus into smaller nuclei, which releases energy. In this analogy, the tangled yarn represents the atomic nucleus, the action of unraveling is akin to the fission process, and the release of tension is similar to the energy released during fission.