ICP 3.3 Quiz Review

Nuclear power plants generate electricity from

• fusion

• fission

• combustion

• geothermal

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Nuclear power is generated using _____ as fuel.

• Uranium

• Hydrogen

• Carbon

• deuterium

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What is nuclear fission?

• The process of an electron moving from one atom to another

• The process when two or more atoms are joined together to make a larger atom

• The process of releasing the electrons from atoms

• The process of splitting a large atom into two smaller atoms

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Most power plants convert heat into electricity using steam. The difference between nuclear power plants and all other power plants is that nuclear power plants use ________________ to create the heat to make the steam.

• oil

• coal

• unstable nuclei

• all other choices are correct

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What scientist came up with the formula E = mc2?

• Ernest Rutherford

• Albert Einstein

• Thomas Edison

• Nikola Tesla

What is nuclear fusion?

• The process of an electron moving from one atom to another

• The process when two or more atoms are joined together to make a larger atom

• The process of releasing the neutrons from atoms

• The process of splitting a large atom into two smaller atoms

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What starts a fission chain reaction?

• Fast moving neutron

• Fast moving electron

• Fast moving proton

• Fast moving element

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How is the law of conservation of mass not broken when .1% of the mass of a nuclear bomb disappears?

• The mass is converted into a different element

• The mass is just very hard to detect

• The law is broken

• Mass is turned into energy

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What does the equation, E=mc2 mean?

• Energy equals the speed of light

• Energy equals mass times the speed of light squared

• Speed of light equals mass

• Mass equals energy times the speed of light squared

What is a byproduct of fusion?

• electrons

• helium

• radioactive krypton

• uranium

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