Nuclear Energy

Nuclear power uses ____ for fuel.

• steel
• coal
• uranium
• hydrogen

Splitting a uranium atom is called - 

• fission
• fusion

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What is an advantage  of nuclear energy?

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

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

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

Spent nuclear fuel (already used) is stored at -

• a landfill
• on site at the nuclear power plant
• a repository in Nevada

Where does fusion occur naturally?

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

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

• wind
• water
• steam
• solar

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Isotopes of the same element have different ____________. 

•  numbers of protons  
• numbers of electrons
•  symbols 
• numbers of neutrons

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How do nuclear power-plants work?

• Fusion
• Half-life
• Fission
• Fusion or fission

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An example of an uncontrolled fission reaction is _______________

• Nuclear power plants
• Radio active decay
• Atomic Bomb
• On the surface of the sun

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