Quiz Recovery Nuclear Reactions

Multiple Choice

Which kind of reactions follow the Law of Conservation of Mass?

• Chemical Reactions

• Nuclear Reactions

Multiple Choice

Which kind of reactions can turn matter into energy?

• Chemical Reactions

• Nuclear Reactions

Reorder

Put the 4 Fundamental Forces in order from the STRONGEST to the WEAKEST

• Strong Force

• Electromagnetism

• Weak Force

• Gravity

1

2

3

4

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Multiple Choice

_____ is the only fundamental force that attracts and repels.

• Gravitational

• Strong Nuclear

• Electromagnetic

• Weak Nuclear

Multiple Choice

Which force holds protons and neutrons together in the atom nucleus despite the fact that like charges should repel?

• electric force

• gravity

• strong nuclear force

• weak nuclear force

Multiple Choice

What causes an atom to be unstable

• Unequal protons and neutron

• Not enough electrons in the electron cloud

• Too much energy in the nucleus

• Too much space between the nucleus and the electron cloud

Multiple Choice

The splitting of a nucleus into smaller nuclei is

• fusion

• fission

• half-life

• gamma radiation

Multiple Choice

Takes two small nuclei and combines them into a larger nucleus

• fission

• fusion

Multiple Choice

Only nuclei with _________ atomic numbers can undergo fission.

• small

• even

• odd

• large

Multiple Choice

How is nuclear fusion different from nuclear fission?

• In fusion, the product is a larger atomic nucleus.

• Fission produces energy but fusion does not.

• Fusion produces energy but fission does not.

• In fission, the product is a larger atomic nucleus.

Multiple Choice

A high temperature is required for which to occur?

• alpha decay

• beta decay

• nuclear fission

• nuclear fusion

Multiple Choice

Uranium-238  decays into  Thorium-234  by emitting .........

• an alpha particle

• a beta particle

• gamma rays

• visible light

Multiple Choice

Has the highest penetrating power.  Can penetrate our body.  Even several cm thick of lead or several meters thick of concrete cannot stop all of it.

• Alpha

• Beta

• Gamma

Multiple Choice

Gamma rays have

• no mass

• a huge mass

• a small mass

• an average mass

Multiple Choice

Which type of nuclear radiation is being emitted here?

• Alpha

• beta

• gamma 

• none

Multiple Choice

During beta-particle emission, a neutron splits into a____________________.

• proton and electron

• neutron and electron

• neutron and proton

Multiple Choice

Which best represents nuclear fission?

• F

• G

• H

• J

Multiple Choice

Which of these diagrams represents the type of nuclear reaction that produces energy in the Sun?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Choice

This is an example of ---

• Radioactive Decay

• Nuclear Fission

• Nuclear Fusion

• Fossil fuel reaction