Try It: Solutionsville- Nuclear Energy

Nuclear power uses ____ for fuel.

• steel
• coal
• uranium
• hydrogen

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

• wind
• water
• steam
• solar

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Splitting a uranium atom is called - 

• fission
• fusion

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Energy is stored in the ___ of an atom.

• proton
• neutron
• electron cloud
• nucleus

What is an advantage  of nuclear energy?

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

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

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

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What does this picture show about nuclear power?

• it shows that nuclear waste is dangerous

• it shows that nuclear power provides a lot of electricity

• it shows that nuclear power happens in a reactor

• it shows that we have to dig uranium out of the ground

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What is coming out of the tops of the cooling towers of a nuclear power plant?

• Carbon dioxide
• water vapor
• Hydrogen oxide
• Pollution

Which process is used by nuclear power plants to produce low cost, long lasting energy?

• Nuclear fission

• Neutron combination

• Nuclear fusion

• Nuclear detonation

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Which process do hydrogen atoms use to make the Sun’s energy?

• Nuclear fission

• Nuclear meltdown

• Nuclear isotope

• Nuclear fusion

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