Nuclear Energy Review

Do nuclear power plants release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere?

• Yes
• No

What type of nuclear reaction takes place at a nuclear power plant when uranium nuclei are split to produce heat?

• fission
• fusion

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What do we call the electrical power plants where a process called nuclear fission is used to get electrical energy?

• Hydroelectric power plants

• Geothermal power plants

• Solar power plant

• Wind power plant

• Nuclear power plant

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The nuclear energy is...

• the energy released by phisical reactions

• the energy released by nuclear reactions

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Disadvantages of nuclear energy

• Nuclear explosion, not common nowadays

• Nuclear radioactive waste

• Used as a terrorist attack

• All of them

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Fission energy

• Split of atoms

• Join of atoms

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The combining of atoms is known as?

• Fission
• Fusion

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A series of ongoing fission reactions is known as?

• Chain Reaction
• Chain Link
• Chain Saw
• Chain Lock

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When an atom split it releases energy in the form of?

• Heat Energy
• Cold Energy
• Warm Energy
• No Energy

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Nuclear power uses ____ for fuel.

• steel
• coal
• uranium
• hydrogen