Nuclear Chemistry Review Exercise

Nuclear Chemistry Review Exercise

​Use the following to help as you complete this assignment.

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Refer to the Nuclear Chemistry Slides (#'s 4-6 & 8-10) as you answer the following questions.

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Nuclear Chemistry Positives and Negative slides 13-22

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Information from your Positives & Negatives in Nuclear Chemistry Project

Refer to the Nuclear Chemistry Slides (#'s 4-6 & 8-10) as you answer questions 4-7.​

Multiple Choice

Radioactivity, which is also known as radioactive decay, is an example of a nuclear reaction. 

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Which statement about nuclear reactions is false?

• Nuclear reactions are NOT affected by changes in temperature, pressure or by the presence of catalysts.

• Nuclear reactions of a given isotope can be slowed down, sped up or stopped.

• Both statements about nuclear reactions are false

Multiple Choice

Unstable isotopes undergo nuclear reactions so that they may changed or transformed into __________.

• Lewis Dot Diagrams

• Bohr Models

• Valence electrons

• stable isotopes

Multiple Choice

______ radiation has the greatest penetrating power.

• Kappa

• Beta

• Gamma

• Alpha

Multiple Choice

This is an example of...

• Fission  reaction
• Fusion reaction

Multiple Choice

Where does fusion occur naturally?

• Underwater
• On the sun

Multiple Choice

Which of the following correctly display nuclear fusion?

Refer to the Nuclear Chemistry Virtual Gallery Walk Slides as you answer the questions below:​

Multiple Choice

The _________ nuclear disaster occurred workers were testing an emergency cooling procedure that resulted in a power surges that resulted in the lid blowing off the nuclear reactor allowing for the release of enormous amounts of nuclear material into the atmosphere.

• Fukishima

• Chernobyl

• Three Mile Island

• Hiroshima

Multiple Choice

 This nuclear disaster resulted from an earthquake followed by a tsunami.

• Fukishima

• Chernobyl

• Three Mile Island

• Hiroshima

Multiple Choice

The ________ incident occurred in Middleton, Pennsylvania.

• Hiroshima

• Three Mile Island

• Fukishima

• Nagasaki

• Chernobyl

Multiple Choice

In _______, Japan the United States dropped its first atomic bomb called "Little Boy".

• Hiroshima

• Nagasaki

Multiple Choice

In ______, Japan the United States dropped a second atomic bomb call "Fat Man".

• Nagasaki

• Hiroshima

Multiple Choice

Used to determine the age of ancient objects.

• Radioisotope medicine

• Carbon Dating

• Valence Electrons

Multiple Choice

At nuclear power plants, the heat to make the steam is created when uranium atoms split- called fusion.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Which of is NOT a use of nuclear medicine?

• Diagnostic Information About Organ Function

• Cancer Treatment

• Determining The Age of Ancient Objects

Multiple Choice

Unlike solar cells, nuclear power systems function independently of sunlight, which is necessary for deep space exploration.

• TRUE

• FALSE