8.Answer the following questions based on the Lewis dot structure for carbon dioxide on the right. (4 points)

a). Why does carbon dioxide have a higher bond order than water?

b). What does this bond-order difference mean, in terms of bond energy?

Which of the following correctly describes what happens when an atomic bomb explodes? small pieces of fissionable material are joined and form a body with a mass greater than the critical mass, the relative number of neutrons escaping decreases, and a chain reaction and explosion result. large pieces of fissionable matter are brought together quickly and form a body with a mass smaller than the critical mass, the relative number of escaping neutrons increases, and a chain reaction and explosion result.