6.3 Nuclear Energy

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HEATHER TILTON

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Nuclear Energy

by HEATHER TILTON

Multiple Choice

What is the difference between a nuclear bomb and a nuclear power plant?

Bomb releases energy all at once, power plant release is slow and controlled.

Nothing much... pretty much the same.

Power plant releases more energy, faster.

One uses nuclear energy, one uses coal.

Multiple Choice

Which type of power plant is this?

Coal Power Plant

Nuclear Power Plant

Solar Power Plant

Hydroelectric Power Plant

Multiple Choice

Where does fusion occur naturally?

Underwater

All around us

In the radioactive waste

On the sun

Multiple Choice

Three Mile Island differed from Chernobyl and Fukushima because...

It wasn't a complete meltdown

The core melted down

Radiation was released

Many people died

Multiple Choice

Which subatomic particle is required to start a nuclear fission chain reaction?

Electron

Proton

Neutron

Atom

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is considered the worst nuclear disaster ever?

The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Disaster

The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster

The Three Mile Island Partial Meltdown

The bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima

Multiple Choice

This is an example of...

Fission reaction

Fusion reaction

Decomposition reaction

Combustion

Multiple Choice

All of the following are problems of nuclear energy except ---

storage of radioactive fuel

air pollution

security concerns

natural disasters (tsunamis, earthquakes, etc.)

Multiple Choice

What are the two major forces involved with nuclear energy?

Fission and Fusion

Alpha and Beta particles

Gamma and Fission

Radioactivity and Alpha Decay

Multiple Choice

How do nuclear power-plants work?

Fusion

Half-life

Fission

Fusion or fission

Multiple Choice

Takes two small nuclei and combines them into a larger nucleus

fission

fusion

Multiple Choice

What is a half-life?

The average time it takes for any element to disappear completely

The time it takes for a radioactive atom to lose half its neutrons

The time it takes for half of any number of radioactive atoms to decay

The time it takes for a radioactive atom to lose half its electrons

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by HEATHER TILTON

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