Nuclear Energy

Today, nuclear power about ___% of the world’s electricity.

• 4

• 14

• 24

• 74

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The forces that hold together a nucleus of an atom are more than __________________ than the chemical bonds between atoms.

• 1 million times stronger

• 1 million times weaker

• 100 times weaker

• 10 times stronger

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In nuclear power plants, atoms of the element ____________ are used as the fuel.

• titanium

• thorium

• plutonium

• uranium

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The nuclei of uranium atoms are bombarded with atomic particles called neutrons. These collisions cause the nuclei to split in a process called nuclear ___________.

• fusion

• fission

• combustion

• explosion

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The ____________ released during nuclear reactions is used to generate electricity in the same way that power plants burn fossil fuels to generate electricity.

• heat

• carbon dioxide

• magic power

• light

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Nuclear power plants _____________ air-polluting gases.

• produce

• do not produce

• consume

• burn

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Countries with ____________________ rely heavily on nuclear plants to supply electricity.

• strong militaries

• socialist economies

• abundant fossil-fuel resources

• limited fossil-fuel resources

Building and maintaining a safe reactor is very expensive. This makes nuclear plants _____________________________ in many countries.

• uncompetitive with other energy sources

• impossible

• competitive with other energy sources

• completely reasonable

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The greatest disadvantage of nuclear power is the _____________________________.

• possibility someone like Homer Simpson will work there

• difficulty in finding a safe place to store nuclear waste

• three-eyed fish in local rivers and lakes

• oil and gas people will lose their jobs

The fission products produced can remain dangerously radioactive for _______________.

• 40 days

• 4-5 weeks

• 48 lunar cycles

• thousands of years

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