Nuclear Chemistry Review

Which process is used by nuclear power plants to produce energy?

• Nuclear fission
• Nuclear fusion
• Nuclear isotope
• Nuclear meltdown

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What is the process of splitting atoms to release usable stored energy?

• nuclear fusion
• nuclear fission
• combustion
• radiation

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During beta decay, a nucleus .... 

• gives up two protons and two neutrons.
•   maintains the same number of protons and neutrons.
•   loses a proton and gains a neutron.
• changes a neutron to a proton and emits an electron.

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Radioactive materials have unstable...

• electrons
• protons
• nuclei
• neutrons

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The type of radioactive particle that can be stopped by a sheet of paper is the ____.

• alpha particle
• beta particle
• gamma ray
• uranium

The most penetrating type of radiation is the ____.  

• alpha particle
• gamma ray
• beta particle
• uranium

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A helium nucleus with two protons and two neutrons is called a(n) ____.  

• alpha particle
• electroscope
• beta particle
• gamma ray

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Negatively charged particles (electrons) emitted from a nucleus at a high speed are ____.  

• alpha particle
• gamma rays
• beta particles
• X rays

The process by which nuclei having low masses are united to form nuclei with larger masses is ____.  

• a chain reaction 
• fission
• a chemical reaction 
• fusion 

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When the isotope ⁵⁰₂₄X releases an alpha particle we get another element Y that looks like

• ⁵⁰₂₂Y

• ⁴⁶₂₂Y

• ⁴⁸₂₀Y

• ⁵⁴₂₆Y

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