Nuclear energy

How do nuclear power-plants work?

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

Takes two small nuclei and combines them into a larger nucleus

• fission
• fusion

The splitting of a nucleus into smaller nuclei is

• fusion
• fission
• half-life
• gamma radiation

Where does fusion occur naturally?

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

Splitting a uranium atom is called - 

• fission
• fusion

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

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

What is an advantage  of nuclear energy?

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

Nuclear Power uses ____________ to create energy

• coal

• natural gas

• uranium

• cooling towers

The process that creates the energy in a nuclear reaction is called ___________________.

• fusion

• fission

• combustion

• radiation

Choose THREE benefits of using nuclear power

• no CO2 emitted to the atmosphere to cause global warming

• no fossil fuels are burned

• there is no waste with nuclear power

• it provides a large amount of electricity

• the waste stays radioactive for thousands of years