Nuclear Energy and Atoms

Takes two small nuclei and combines them into a larger nucleus

• fission
• fusion

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

The splitting of a nucleus into smaller nuclei is

• fusion
• fission
• half-life
• gamma radiation

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Where does fusion occur naturally?

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

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All of the following are problems of nuclear energy except ---

• storage of radioactive fuel
• air pollution
• security concerns
• natural disasters (tsunamis, earthquakes, etc.)

U-238 emits radiation that is stopped by a sheet of paper. Which type of radiation is emitted?

• alpha

• beta

• gamma

When and where were dropped the first two atomic bombs by US forces?

• In 1945 over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Tokyo

• In 1942 over the Japanese cities of Nagasaki and Tokyo

• In 1942 over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

• In 1945 over the Japanase cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Types of nuclear reactions

• fusion and fission

• fussion and friction

• friction and fission

Nuclear power uses ____ for fuel.

• steel
• coal
• uranium
• hydrogen

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

Metals are good conductors of heat and electricity.

• true
• false

The positive particles of an atom are 

• electrons 
• positrons 
• neutrons 
• protons