AP Environmental Science Nuclear Energy

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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What is an advantage  of nuclear energy?

• radioactive waste
• no air pollution
• we will never run out
• it is the safest way to make energy

Which type of power plant is this?

• Coal Power Plant
• Nuclear Power Plant
• Solar Power Plant
• Hydroelectric Power Plant

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.

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Nuclear power uses ____ for fuel.

• steel

• coal

• uranium

• hydrogen

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The time needed for half of a radioactive sample to decay is called its __________.

• decay period

• period

• transmutation time

• half-life

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What controls the reaction within a nuclear reactor?

• Control Rods

• Moderator

• Containment building

• Reactor Vessel

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

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