Nuclear Energy Review

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

• fusion

• fission

• combustion

• radiation

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Nuclear power plants rely on which of the following reactions to generate energy?

• Fusion

• Half-life

• Fission

• Fusion or fission

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Where does fusion occur naturally?

• Underwater
• All around us
• In the radioactive waste
• On the sun

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This is an example of...

• Fission  reaction
• Fusion reaction
• Decomposition reaction
• Combustion

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Nuclear power uses ____ for fuel.

• steel

• coal

• uranium

• hydrogen

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Nuclear energy uses _____ to turn turbines to power a generator.

• wind

• water

• steam

• solar

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Energy is stored in the ___ of an atom.

• proton

• neutron

• electron cloud

• nucleus

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What are the two major forces involved with nuclear energy? 

• Fission and Fusion
• Alpha and Beta particles
• Gamma and Fission
• Radioactivity and Alpha Decay

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What process does the Sun go through in order to produce limitless energy for billions of years?

• Fusion

• Fission

• Alpha, Beta, Gamma

• Isotopic implosion

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__________________ is the process in which two or more smaller nuclei combine to create a larger, more stable nuclei.

• Nuclear Decay

• Nuclear Fission

• Nuclear Fusion

• None of the above

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