Nuclear Power

Nuclear Power's source comes from _________________.

• Uranium or Plutonium
• Coal
• Natural Gas
• Oil and/or Coal

When the nuclei of certain isotopes (atoms) are unstable and spontaneously decompose, this is called ________________.

• radioactive
• a melt down
• ionization
• half-life

The three types of radiation associated with nuclear disintegration are ____________, _____________, and _____________.

• alpha, beta, and gamma
• alpha, beta, and half-life
• beta, gamma, and half-life
• beta, gamma, and delta

When moving neutrons hit the nuclei of certain other atoms thereby causing them to disintegrate, and this happens repeatedly, it is said to be a _______________________.

• nuclear chain reaction
• alpha radiation
• nuclear half-life
• control rod

In order for Uranium-235 to be able to be used in a nuclear reactor, its concentration must be enriched from .7 % to ________________.

• 3 %
• 7%
• 100%
• 10%

When uranium is first mined out of the ground, it is called _____________________.

• uranium ore
• plutonium
• milled uranium
• enriched uranium

Nuclear power plants are usually good to operate for about ____________________.

• 30-40 years
• 10 years
• 100 years
• 90 years

The worst nuclear disaster to happen in the United States happened at ________________________  which is located in PA.

• Three Mile Island Nuclear Facility
• Babcock Nuclear Facility
• Mesa Verde Nuclear Facility
• Perry Nuclear Facility

When a nuclear power plant is ready to be shut down and abandoned, it is called _____________________.

• decommissioning
• a melt down
• impoundment
• waste management

In the "Wolves of Chernobyl" documentary you watched in class, what kind of rodent is credited with bringing back the famous water marshes in Ukraine?

• beavers
• field mice
• squirrels
• dormice