Packet 2: Bonus 7
The spectra of highly ionized atoms of this element were mistaken to be a new element in the Sun’s corona. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this element that indicates the end of heavy-element fusion for massive stars. The r and s processes are responsible for producing elements heavier than this element.
ANSWER: iron [or Fe]
[10e] The r and s processes are named for the rapid and slow capture of these particles respectively. Isotopes of the same element only differ in the number of these particles.
ANSWER: neutrons
[10h] The core-collapse mechanism begins when gravity overcomes this quantity in a massive star. In neutron stars, a quantum-mechanical form of this quantity arises from the Pauli exclusion principle.
ANSWER: pressure [or neutron degeneracy pressure]
<Science - Other, Aatreyo Bhattacharyya> | VAULT II Packet 02
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | 19.33 | 91% | 62% | 40% |
Conversion
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAULT II at Georgia Tech | 2026-01-24 | ✓ | 6 | 23.33 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| Triangle Cup | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 13.33 | 67% | 33% | 33% |
| VAULT II at McGill | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 4 | 15.00 | 75% | 75% | 0% |
| VAULT II at UCSB | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 5 | 24.00 | 80% | 80% | 80% |
| VAULT II Northern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 3 | 26.67 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| VAULT II Southern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 4 | 22.50 | 100% | 75% | 50% |
| VAULT II at Harvard | 2026-04-30 | ✓ | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| VAULT II at MINT | 2026-06-19 | ✓ | 5 | 18.00 | 80% | 60% | 40% |
| VAULT II Stanford Online | 2026-07-17 | ✓ | 8 | 18.75 | 100% | 63% | 25% |