Nuclear Energy

Nuclear Power uses ____________ to create energy

• coal

• natural gas

• uranium

• cooling towers

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The process that creates the energy in a nuclear reaction is called ___________________.

• fusion

• fission

• combustion

• radiation

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Choose THREE benefits of using nuclear power

• no CO2 emitted to the atmosphere to cause global warming

• no fossil fuels are burned

• there is no waste with nuclear power

• it provides a large amount of electricity

• the waste stays radioactive for thousands of years

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What is being shown by the symbols on the map?

• The location of Uranium mines in Virginia

• The location of nuclear reactors in Virginia

• the location of the Chernobyl accident

• the location of land polluted by uranium mining

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Which nuclear accident was caused by human error ?

• Chernobyl

• Fukashima

• North Anna

• Three Mile Island

What does this picture show about nuclear power?

• it shows that nuclear waste is dangerous

• it shows that nuclear power provides a lot of electricity

• it shows that nuclear power happens in a reactor

• it shows that we have to dig uranium out of the ground

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What is this picture showing?

• the place where we wanted to bury all the nuclear waste from the US

• the place where they dig uranium out of the ground

• the place where nuclear power is created for Virginia

• the place in Nevada where there was a major nuclear accident

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Why is the mining of Uranium prohibited in Virginia?

• the area is too wet

• there are no nuclear reactors in Virginia to use the Uranium

• there is not enough uranium to make mining worth it

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What is shown on the map below?

• The location of $7 Billion of uranium

• The only nuclear reactor in Virginia

• the place were we burn coal for electricity

• the contaminated land from a nuclear accident

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What is the function of the cooling towers of the nuclear reactor?

• to create steam

• to spin the turbine

• to limit the heat produced by the uranium

• to turn steam back into water

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