Nuclear Power

Nuclear Power's source comes from _________________.

• Uranium or Plutonium
• Coal
• Natural Gas
• Oil and/or Coal

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

When moving neutrons hit the nuclei of certain other atoms thereby causing them to disintegrate, and this happens repeatedly, it is said to be a _______________________.

• nuclear chain reaction
• alpha radiation
• nuclear half-life
• control rod

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

When uranium is first mined out of the ground, it is called _____________________.

• uranium ore
• plutonium
• milled uranium
• enriched uranium

Nuclear power plants are usually good to operate for about ____________________.

• 30-40 years
• 10 years
• 100 years
• 90 years

When a nuclear power plant is ready to be shut down and abandoned, it is called _____________________.

• decommissioning
• a melt down
• impoundment
• waste management

At a nuclear power plant, these are referred to as __________________.

• cooling towers
• reactor towers
• smoke stacks
• vapor chambers

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

What product does a nuclear power plant produce for its customers?

• electricity
• a turbine
• hot water
• steam

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________ are fuels for nuclear power (More than one answer)

• Uranium

• Plutonium

• Coal

• Oil/Gas

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

What force keeps the components of an atom together?

• Gravitational

• Electromagnetic

• Weak Force

• Strong Force

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NGSS.HS-PS2-4

A fission reaction starts when _________

• A neutron collides with a nucleus

• 2 Nucleus collides with one another

• 2 Neutrons collide with one another

• 2 Neutrons collide with a single nucleus

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8