6.3 Nuclear Energy

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