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Review Nuclear Chemistry

Authored by Jessica Black

Chemistry

10th - 12th Grade

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Review Nuclear Chemistry
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Why do we use fission instead of fusion in nuclear power plants?

Fission produces more energy than fusion.

Fission produces less pollution than fusion.

Fusion requires a starting material that is too expensive to use.

Fusion requires temperatures that are too high to maintain thus making energy production inefficient.

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2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Radioactive decay is:

a spontaneous process.

occurs when an unstable nucleus becomes stable.

a process that produces a new element.

all of the above.

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3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The most penetrating or most dangerous form of nuclear radiation is

alpha

beta

gamma

x-rays

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4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following is true about the concept of half-life?

After one half-life, half of the original radioactive atoms have decayed into atoms of a new element.

After a second half-life, all of the remaining atoms have decayed.

All unstable nuclides have the same half-life.

All of the above.

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5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which type of nuclear reaction produces the most amount of energy?

Chemical

Fusion

Fission

They all produce the same amount.

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6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A piece of wood was found to have gone through 2 half-lives. If the half-life of carbon-14 is 5730 years, how old is the piece of wood?

1432.5 years

2865 years

22920 years

11460 years

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following is not a reason an isotope is unstable?

too many electrons

too many protons

too many neutrons

an unstable neutron to proton ratio

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