Conceptual Challenge Problems
These rigorous, thought-provoking problems integrate conceptual learning with problem solving and are suitable for group work.
CP6.B (Section 6.2) Suppose that someone were to tell your teacher during class that energy is not always conserved. This person states that he or she had previously learned that in the case of nuclear reactions, mass is converted into energy according to Einstein’s equation E = mc2. Hence, energy is continuously produced as mass is changed into energy. Your teacher quickly responds by giving the following assignment to the class: “Please write a paragraph or two to refute or clarify this student’s thesis.” What would you say?
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